Comparative coronary anatomy in six twin pairs with coronary artery disease

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-50

  Frings, A M ^a   Mayer, B ^a   Bocker W ^a   Hengstenberg, C ^a   Willemsen, D ^b   Riegger, G A J ^a   Schunkert, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Schuchtermann Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary anatomy; Coronary lesions; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0034108495     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.1.47     Document Type: Article

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