Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 120-122 , April 2007

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Female with Antiphospholipid Syndrome

  • Rebecca K. Reed, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Department of Cardiology, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia. Tel.: +61 411 208 789; fax: +61 3 9421 1756.
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  • Yuvaraj Malaiapan, FRACP
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  • I.T. Meredith, PhD, FRACP, FACC

Received 28 May 2006 ,Revised 7 August 2006 ,Accepted 16 August 2006.

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00193-4

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.08.007

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 120-122 , April 2007

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