Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the right sinus of valsalva in a man with unstable angina pectoris and right coronary artery stenosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 323, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-226

  Rentoukas, Elias ^a   Alpert, Martin A ^b   Deftereos, Spiros ^a   Foukarakis, Manolis ^a   Nikas, Dimitris ^a   Lazaros, George ^a   Zacharoulis, Apostolos ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b St Johns Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary anomaly; Intramyocardial course; Left coronary artery; Myocardial ischemia; Right sinus of valsalva

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0036088322     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200204000-00010     Document Type: Article

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