Coronary artery anomalies - Current clinical issues: Definitions, classification, incidence, clinical relevance, and treatment guidelines

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-278

  Angelini, Paolo ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conary vessel anomalies diagnosis epidemiology; Coronary anatomy; Death, sudden causes epidemiology; Heart defects, congenital; Sinus of Valsalva abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SYMPOSIUM;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036449068     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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