Is Dressler syndrome dead?

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1680-1682

  Bendjelid, Karim ^a   Pugin, Jérôme ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inflammatory reaction; Myocardial necrosis; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DRESSLER SYNDROME; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 8744314893     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1680     Document Type: Article

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