Tortuosity of coronary arteries in chronic pressure and volume overload

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Jakob, Markus ^a   Spasojevic, Dragana ^a   Krogmann, Otto N ^a   Wiher, Heinz ^a   Hug, Rosy ^a   Hess, Otto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aortic regurgitation; coronary tortuosity; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC VOLUME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0029963248     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199605)38:1<25::AID-CCD7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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