Symptomatic anomalous origination of the left coronary artery from the opposite sinus of valsalva: Clinical presentations, diagnosis, and surgical repair

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-179

  Angelini, Paolo ^a,b   Walmsley, Robert P ^a   Libreros, Andres ^a   Ott, David A ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous left coronary artery; Cardiac prevention control; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery bypass; Coronary vessel anomalies classification diagnosis pathology surgery ultrasonography; Death; Diagnostic imaging methods; Sudden

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BENAZEPRIL; CLONIDINE; DOBUTAMINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LOSARTAN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; AORTA WALL; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33748081123     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 07302347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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