Nonatherosclerotic causes of coronary artery narrowing--Part III.
Approximately 5% of patients with acute myocardial infarction do not have atherosclerotic coronary artery disease but have other causes for their luminal narrowing. The third part of this three-part review of nonatherosclerotic causes of coronary narrowing focuses on coronary vasculitis, infectious diseases, Kawasaki's disease, metabolic disorders, metastatic disease, and substance abuse (cocaine).
Waller
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Cardiovascular Pathology Registry, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Fry
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Hermiller
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Peters
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Slack
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D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications