The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 3 , Pages e9-e10 , March 2010

Transient Collateral Circulation during Coronary Vasospasm

  • Shigemasa Tani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Nihon University Surugadai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Shigemasa Tani, MD, Department of Cardiology, Nihon University Surugadai Hospital, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8309, Japan
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  • Shingo Furuya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Nihon University Surugadai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Ken Nagao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Nihon University Surugadai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Atsushi Hirayama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: The authors state that they have no conflict of interest regarding the content of the article.

 Authorship: All authors meet the criteria for authorship, including acceptance of responsibility for the scientific content of the article. All authors had access to the data and a role in writing the article.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00955-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.08.021

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 3 , Pages e9-e10 , March 2010

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