Pregnancy-associated acute myocardial infarction: A review of contemporary experience in 150 cases between 2006 and 2011

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1695-1702

  Elkayam, Uri ^a   Jalnapurkar, Sawan ^a   Barakkat, Mohamad N ^a   Khatri, Nudrat ^a   Kealey, Angela J ^b   Mehra, Anil ^a   Roth, Arie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

myocardial infarction; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899049493     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002054     Document Type: Article

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