Circumflex coronary artery dissection following waterskiing

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1138-1140

  Greenberg, Jeffrey ^a   Salinger, Michael ^a   Weschler, Frank ^a   Edelman, Brian ^a   Williams, Randall ^a  

^a EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Coronary disease; Heart injuries; Nonpenetrating wounds; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

EID: 0031968052     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.4.1138     Document Type: Article

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