Diagnosis and operation for anomalous circumflex coronary artery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 377-381

  Ueyama, Keishi ^a,b   Ramchandani, Mahesh ^a   Beall Jr , Arthur C ^a   Jones, James W ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fukui Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0031045596     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00766-7     Document Type: Article

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