The incidence and significance of myocardial bridge in a prospectively defined population of patients undergoing coronary angiography for chest pain

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 57-60

  Soran, Özlem ^a,d   Pamir, Gülgün ^b   Erol, Çetin ^b   Kocakavak, Cavit ^c   Sabah, Írfan ^a  

^a Cardiology Department   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiography; Chest pain; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034203249     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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