Coronary artery erosion and dissection: An unusual complication of mitral annular calcification

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Isotalo, Phillip A ^a   Walley, Virginia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 0033001813     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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