Normal angiographic tapering of the coronary arteries

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 973-980

  Zubaid, Mohammad ^a   Buller, Christopher ^a   Mancini, G B John ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036754753     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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