Epidemiology of congenital coronary artery anomalies: A coronary arteriography study on a Central European population

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-275

  Kardos, Attila ^a,c   Babai, László ^a   Rudas, László ^a   Gaál, Tibor ^a   Horváth, Tamás ^a   Tálosi, László ^a   Tóth, Károly ^a   Sárváry, László ^a   Szász, Károly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Centre   (Hungary)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous origin of coronary artery; Epidemiological comparison; Single coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030788806     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199711)42:3<270::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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