Anomalous Origin of the Left Main Coronary Artery from the Right Sinus of Valsalva: Disabling Angina and Syncope with Noninterarterial Courses: Case Report of Two Patients

Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-27

  Safi, Arshad M ^a,b   Rachko, Maurice ^b   Tang, Aylmer ^a   Ketosugbo, Anukware ^c   Kwan, Tak ^a,b   Afflu, Ernest ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Angiography; Coronary anomaly; Left main coronary artery; Right sinus of Valsalva; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA SINUS; ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0035240020     PISSN: 1521737X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132580-200101000-00005     Document Type: Article

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