Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 182-185 , July 2010

Coronary angiography of pregnancy-associated coronary artery dissection: a high-risk procedure

  • Raphaël Pedro Martins

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • Université de Rennes 1, LTSI, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, U642, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, CIC-IT 804, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, CHU de Rennes, Cedex 35033, Rennes, France. Tel.: +33 299 282 525; fax: +33 299 282 510.
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  • Guillaume Leurent

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • Université de Rennes 1, LTSI, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, U642, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, CIC-IT 804, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • ,
  • Hervé Corbineau

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire, Rennes F-35000, France
    • ,
  • Olivier Fouquet

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire, Rennes F-35000, France
    • ,
  • Sébastien Seconda

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • ,
  • Alban E. Baruteau

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • Université de Rennes 1, LTSI, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, U642, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, CIC-IT 804, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • ,
  • Olivier Moreau

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • Université de Rennes 1, LTSI, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, U642, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, CIC-IT 804, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • ,
  • Hervé Le Breton

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • Université de Rennes 1, LTSI, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, U642, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, CIC-IT 804, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • ,
  • Marc Bedossa

      Affiliations

    • CHU Rennes, Service de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • Université de Rennes 1, LTSI, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, U642, Rennes, F-35000, France
    • INSERM, CIC-IT 804, Rennes, F-35000, France

Received 4 March 2009 ,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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PII: S1553-8389(09)00085-2

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2009.03.002

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 182-185 , July 2010

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