Coronary atherosclerosis within a myocardial bridge, not a benign condition

Heart

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-93

  De Winter, Robbert J ^a,b   Kok, Wouter E M ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Intravascular ultrasound; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031824237     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.80.1.91     Document Type: Article

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