Angiographic prevalence of myocardial bridging

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-12

  Çay, Serkan ^a,b   Öztürk, Sezgin ^a   Cihan, Gökhan ^a   Kisacik, Halil L ^a   Korkmaz, Şule ^a  

^a Yuksek Ihtisas Heart Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiographic prevalence; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AUTOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 33645069663     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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