Giant left main coronary artery aneurysm in association with severe atherosclerotic coronary disease

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-57

  Vranckx, Pascal ^b   Pirot, Luc ^b   Benit, Edouard ^a,c  

^a VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Internal Medecine ^*

^c Heart Center Hasselt VJZ   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic coronary disease; Coronary aneurysm; Left main disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0030773041     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199709)42:1<54::AID-CCD16>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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