Acute Myocarditis Triggers Coronary Artery Spasm: A Rare Association.

J Emerg Med

Department of Cardiology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Published: June 2020

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