A rare anatomic variation of the anomalous origin of all three major coronary arteries from the right sinus of Valsalva

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 564-566

  Fineschi, Massimo ^a   Sordo, Marcello Del ^b   Leosco, Dario ^a   Pierli, Carlo ^a   Casini, Stefano ^a   Bravi, Achille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia di Napoli

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary heart disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 0031780537     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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