Main Trunk of the Left Coronary Artery: Anatomic Study of the Parameters of Clinical Interest

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-13

  Reig, J ^a,b   Petit, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b S Jordi Monogr Cardiovasc Ctr   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Left coronary artery; Left main trunk

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANTERIOR INTERVENTRICULAR CORONARY ARTERY; AORTA SINUS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALIPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANGLE OF DIVISION; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENT; ISOLATED HEART; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY MAIN TRUNK; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; CORROSION CASTING; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0346334527     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10162     Document Type: Article

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