Magnetic resonance imaging of Bland-White-Garland syndrome - A case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk in a 22-year-old woman

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-221

  Takenaga, Makoto ^a,c   Matsuda, Junko ^a   Miyamoto, Nobuhide ^a   Ikushima, Ippei ^a   Koiwaya, Yasushi ^b  

^a Miyazaki Cardiovascular Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Miyazaki Cardiovascular Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bland White Garland syndrome; Congenital heart disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SYNDROME;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031919969     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.219     Document Type: Article

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