Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery from the Left Sinus of Valsalva

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 309, Issue 10, 1983, Pages 596-598

  Brandt, Berkeley ^a   Martins, James B ^a   Marcus, Melvin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA SINUS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HUMAN; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THERAPY;

EID: 0020956889     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198309083091007     Document Type: Article

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