Anomalous origins of the left coronary arteries from the right sinus of Valsalva with an unusual course

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-439

  Grodman, Richard S ^a   Vazzana, Thomas J ^a   Chu, Tony N T ^a   Avula, Satyanarayana ^a   Bloomfield, Dennis A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery anomaly; Left coronary artery; Right sinus of Valsalva

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 0031466704     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199712)42:4<437::AID-CCD24>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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