American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 518-521 , March 2009

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Woman With Polycystic Kidney Disease

  • Charles T. Itty, MD, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia
    • ,
  • Ahmad Farshid, BMBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ahmad Farshid, BMBS, FRACP, Department of Cardiology, The Canberra Hospital, Yamba Dr, Garran, ACT, 2605, Australia
    • ,
  • Girish Talaulikar, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, The Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia
    • Australian National University Medical School, Garran, ACT, Australia

Received 1 June 2008 ,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.027 on November 7, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01364-4

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.027

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 518-521 , March 2009

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