Giant atherosclerotic aneurysm of the left anterior descending artery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 888-890

  Al Attar, Nawwar ^a   Sablayrolles, Jean Louis ^a   Nataf, Patrick ^a  

^a CENTRE CARDIOLOGIQUE DU NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGERIA; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0141519155     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00610-X     Document Type: Article

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