The prevalence and clinical profile of angiographic coronary ectasia

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Nyamu, Peter ^a   Ajit, Mullasari S ^a   Joseph, Peter K ^a   Venkitachalam, Lakshmi ^a   Sugirtham, Nancy A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0141818248     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230301100207     Document Type: Article

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