Two adult cases of congenital atresia of the left coronary ostium - Comparison of a sudden death case with a long-term survival case

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 447, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 742-746

  Nishida, Naoki ^a   Chiba, Takashi ^a   Ohtani, Maki ^a   Yoshioka, Naofumi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atresia of left coronary ostium; Autopsy; Collateral artery; Coronary artery anomaly; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY OSTIUM ATRESIA; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 27644548851     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-0017-0     Document Type: Article

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