Origin and distribution anomalies of the left anterior descending artery in 70,850 adult patients: Multicenter data collection

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 574-585

  Tuncer, Cemal ^a   Batyraliev, Talantbek ^b   Yilmaz, Remzi ^c   Gokce, Mustafa ^d   Eryonucu, Beyhan ^e   Koroglu, Sedat ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sani Konukoglu Medical Center   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BLACK SEA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery anomalies; Double coronary artery; Left anterior descending artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY SINUS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749589365     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20858     Document Type: Review

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