Septal course of the left main coronary artery from right aortic sinus and ventricular tachycardia

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-209

  Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Talwar, Kewal K ^a   Venugopal, P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalous origin of coronary artery; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MEXILETINE; PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032582205     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00218-6     Document Type: Article

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