Anatomy and pathology of coronary artery in adult black Kenyans

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 323-327

  Saidi, H S ^a   Olumbe, A O K ^a   Kalebi, A ^a  

^a NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISSECTION; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KENYA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; THICKNESS; TIME PERCEPTION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0036623074     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i6.8853     Document Type: Article

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