Successful angioplasty of an occluded aberrant coronary artery: A rare cause of acute myocardial infarction

Acute Cardiac Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-127

  Hendiri, Taoufik ^a   Alibegovic, Jasmina ^a   Bonvini, Robert ^a   Camenzind, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aberrant circumflex artery; Acute myocardial infarction; Angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33745837447     PISSN: 17482941     EISSN: 1748295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482940600767717     Document Type: Article

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