Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery with proximal hypoplasia of the anomalous coronary artery: Diagnostic value of the intercoronary collateral flow detected by color Doppler flow mapping

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-3

  De Caro, Enrico ^a   Pongiglione, Giacomo ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomalous coronary artery; Collateral circulation; Color Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0030249825     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(96)02656-3     Document Type: Article

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