Myocardial bridges and their relationship to the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-222

  De Melo Lima Jr , Vanildo ^a,b   Cavalcanti, Jennecy Sales ^a   Tashiro, Tetsuo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Morphometry; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 11244324766     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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