Coronary ectasia: Prevalence, and clinical and angiographic characteristics;Ectasia coronaria: Prevalencia, características clínicas y angiográficas

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-479

  Pinar Bermúdez, Eduardo ^a   López Palop, Ramón ^a   Martinez Luengas, Iñigo López ^a   Cortés Sánchez, Rocío ^a   Carrillo Sáez, Pilar ^a   Rodríguez Carreras, Raúl ^a   Picó Aracil, Francisco ^a   Valdés Chávarri, Mariano ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 18844474098     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13047012     Document Type: Article

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