Anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery in a horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 350-352

  Karlstam, Erika ^a   Ho, S Y ^b   Shokrai, A ^c   Ågren, Estelle ^c   Michaelsson M ^d  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Echocardiography; Horse; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HORSE; MALE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HORSES; MALE;

EID: 0033158403     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1999.tb03830.x     Document Type: Article

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