Anomalous origin of left coronary artery in young athletes with syncope

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7550, 2006, Pages 1139-1141

  Kumpf, Matthias ^a   Sieverding, Ludger ^a   Gass, Matthias ^a   Kaulitz, Renate ^a   Ziemer, Gerhard ^a   Hofbeck, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIING; SPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RECURRENCE; SKIING; SOCCER; SPORTS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33646832582     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1139     Document Type: Article

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