Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left anterior descending coronary artery: A case report

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 915-917

  Moretti, Claudio ^a,b   De Felice, Francesco ^a   Mazza, Antonio ^a   Borello, Giorgio ^a  

^a Ospedale Civico di Chivasso   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Coronary vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTOGRAPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032854512     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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