Anatomic variant of the posterior interventricular coronary artery: Implications for coronary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 303-306

  Topaz, On ^a,b   Holdaway, Brian ^a   Bailey, Nannie T ^a   Vetrovec, George W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary; Laser; Posterior interventricular artery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0030777168     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1997)10:5<303::AID-CA2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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