NONATHEROSCLEROTIC CAUSES OF CORONARY-ARTERY NARROWING .3.

Authors
WALLER BF FRY ETA HERMILLER JB PETERS T SLACK JD
Citation
Bf. Waller et al., NONATHEROSCLEROTIC CAUSES OF CORONARY-ARTERY NARROWING .3., Clinical cardiology, 19(8), 1996, pp. 656-661
Citations number
78
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Clinical cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01609289
Volume
19
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
656 - 661
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-9289(1996)19:8<656:NCOCN.>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Approximately 5% of patients with acute myocardial infarction do not h ave atherosclerotic coronary artery disease but have other causes for their luminal narrowing. The third part of this three-part review of n onatherosclerotic causes of coronary narrowing focuses on coronary vas culitis, infectious diseases, Kawasaki's disease, metabolic disorders, metastatic disease, and substance abuse (cocaine).