Left main coronary artery aneurysm associatd with extensive coronary arterial calcification: Case report and review

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-235

  Okmen, Ertan ^a,b   Sanli, Arda ^a   Kasikcioglu, Hulya ^a   Uyarel, Huseyin ^a   Cam, Nese ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Coronary atherosclerosis; Coronary calcification; Electron beam computerized tomography; Left main coronary artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 1942443165     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000021950.28940.7c     Document Type: Article

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