Single coronary artery - A rarity in the catheterization laboratory: Case report and current review

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 647-651

  Kuon, Eberhard ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^b  

^a Klinik Fraenkische Schweiz   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catherization; Education; Ischemia; Single coronary artery; Sudden death; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942750067     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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