Myocardial infarction in infancy caused by compression of an anomalous left coronary artery arising from the right coronary artery

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 654-657

  Duke, Christopher ^a   Rosenthal, Eric ^a   Simpson, John M ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Coronary arterial surgery; Infant; Internal thoracic artery bypass graft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 19844371831     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951104006092     Document Type: Article

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