Separate origins of all three major coronary arteries from the right sinus of valsalva: A rare coronary artery anomaly

Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-74

  Rahmatullah, Syed I ^a   Khan, Ijaz A ^a,b   Nair, Vinod M ^a   Kannan, Tarif ^a   Vasavada, Balendu C ^a   Sacchi, Terrence J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous coronary arteries; Coronary angiography; Coronary arteries; Left anterior descending coronary artery; Left circumflex coronary artery; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia; Right coronary artery; Sinus of Valsalva; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANATOMY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 0031821852     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006821     Document Type: Article

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