Myocardial ischaemia in a case of a solitary coronary ostium in the right aortic sinus with retroaortic course of the left coronary artery: Documentation of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of ischaemia by intracoronary Doppler and pressure measurements

Heart

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-312

  Schwarz, E R ^a,c   Hager, P K ^a   Uebis, R ^b   Hanrath, P ^a   Klues, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Klinik   (Germany)

^c GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital disorders; Coronary anomaly; Doppler; Intravascular ultrasound; Single coronary ostium

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031689852     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.80.3.307     Document Type: Article

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