Coronary artery ectasia: Angiographic, clinical profile and follow-up

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 547-553

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

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

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034278564     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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