Myocardial bridging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A plea for surgical correction

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 922-924

  Fiorani, Brenno ^a   Capuano, Fabio ^a,d   Bilotta, Federico ^b   Guccione, Francesco ^a   Santaniello, Eugenio ^a   Sinatra, Riccardo ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644805261     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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