Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in an adult pregnant patient: Surgical and percutaneous myocardial revascularization

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 348-352

  Zavalloni, Dennis ^a   Belli, Guido ^a   Caratti, Alberto ^b   Presbitero, Patrizia ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery anomaly; Drug eluting stents; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044450324     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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