Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery, acute myocardial infarction, and near-sudden cardiac death

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-207

  Le, ThienQuang ^a   Laskey, Warren K ^a   McLaughin, Joseph ^a   White, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0030851663     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199710)42:2<205::AID-CCD25>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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