Myocardial bridging of left circumflex coronary artery associated with acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 431-434

  Arjomand, Heidar ^a,b   AlSalman, Jameela ^a   Azain, John ^a   Amin, Devendra ^a  

^a EASTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Left circumflex coronary artery; Myocardial bridging; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; STENT;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS;

EID: 0034241906     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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