ESC working group position paper on myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 143-153

  Agewall, Stefan ^a   Beltrame, John F ^b   Reynolds, Harmony R ^c   Niessner, Alexander ^d   Rosano, Giuseppe ^e,f   Caforio, Alida L P ^g   De Caterina, Raffaele ^h   Zimarino, Marco ^h   Roffi, Marco ⁱ   Kjeldsen, Keld ^j   Atar, Dan ^a   Kaski, Juan C ^f   Sechtem, Udo ^k   Tornvall, Per ^l  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^k ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDITIS; NON OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; AGE; COMPLICATION; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TROPONIN; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 85015868616     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw149     Document Type: Review

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