Spontaneous dissection of the left main coronary artery: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 371-375

  Atay, Yüksel ^a   Yaǧdi, Tahir ^a   Türkoǧlu, Cüneyt ^a   Altintiǧ, Ahmet ^a   Büket, Suat ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 0030466267     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1996.tb00066.x     Document Type: Article

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