Ectopic 'high' origin of both coronary arteries from the left aortic wall: Anatomic and postmortem angiographic findings

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 204-206

  Nerantzis, Christos E ^a,b   Marianou, Soultana K ^b  

^a Forensic Medical Service of Athens ^*  (Greece)

^b Forensic Medical Service of Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Ectopic high origin of coronary arteries; Left coronary artery; Right coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CHILD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034066469     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(2000)13:3<204::AID-CA8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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