Total occlusion of the left main and proximal right coronary artery: Case report and review of the literature

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-270

  Leon, Miltiadis N ^a   Abu Halawa, Subhi ^a   Ramanna, Nagendra ^a   Kokotsakis, John N ^a   Treistman, Bernardo ^a   Anderson, H Vernon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

angiography; coronary arteriosclerosis; left main coronary artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

AGED; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0029803465     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199611)39:3<265::AID-CCD12>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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