Cardiac echinococcosis causing coronary artery disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1791-1793

  De Paulis, Ruggero ^a   Seddio, Francesco ^a   Colagrande, Luisa ^a   Polisca, Patrizio ^a   Chiariello, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PERICARDIUM CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0033001759     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00341-0     Document Type: Article

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