Diagnosis and management of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left coronary sinus

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-258

  Bekedam, Martijn A ^a   Vliegen, Hubert W ^b   Doornbos, Joost ^a   Jukema, J Wouter ^b   De Roos, Albert ^b   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*

Author keywords

Coronary artery anomaly; Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Management

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0032813523     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006161821388     Document Type: Article

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