Congenital atresia of the orifice of the left coronary artery

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-62

  Gerlis, Leon M ^a,b   Magee, Alan G ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Coronary arteries; Coronary ostial atresia; Myocardial bridging; Myocardial infarction; Single coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AORTA FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HEART CATHETER; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY VALVE; VASCULAR SURGERY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0036363913     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000100     Document Type: Article

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