Angiographic severity of coronary narrowing is a surrogate marker for the extent of coronary atherosclerosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 516-519

  Nakagomi, Akihiro ^b   Celermajer, David S ^b   Lumley, Thomas ^b   Freedman, S Ben ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030239065     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00355-4     Document Type: Article

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