Atherosclerotic aneurysm of the left main coronary artery: Case report and review of the literature

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 343-347

  Lijoi, A ^a   Parodi, E ^a,b   Dottori, V ^a   Scarano, F ^a   Podesta A ^a   Acquarone, L ^a   Audo, A ^a   Passerone, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary aneurysm, surgery; Coronary artery bypass; Coronary vessels; Endarterectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW;

AGED; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035486799     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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