Significance of anatomical properties of myocardial bridge on atherosclerosis evolution in the left anterior descending coronary artery

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 380-389

  Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Akasaka, Yoshikiyo ^a   Ito, Kinji ^a   Akishima, Yuri ^a   Kimura, Masayo ^a   Kiguchi, Hideko ^b   Fujimoto, Ai ^c   Ishii, Toshiharu ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kanagawa ken Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Hemodynamics; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646408516     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.07.024     Document Type: Article

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