Clinical and Angiographic Profile and Follow-up of Myocardial Bridges: A Study of 21 Cases

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 503-507

  Harikrishnan, S ^a,b   Sunder, K R Shyam ^a   Tharakan, Jaganmohan ^a   Titus, T ^a   Bhat, Anil ^a   Sivasankaran, S ^a   Bimal, Francis ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033181706     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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