Anomalous left coronary artery arising from right sinus of valsalva could be a minor congenital anomaly - A case report and review of the literature

Angiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-178

  Abouzied, Amr Mousa ^a   Amaram, Sudhir ^b   Neerukonda, Shanti K ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Odessa Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PROPHYLAXIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0033018873     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000214     Document Type: Article

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