The diameters of the aorta and its major branches in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-468

  Kahraman, Halil ^a   Ozaydin, Mehmet ^a,d   Varol, Ercan ^b   Aslan, Suleyman M ^a   Dogan, Abdullah ^a   Altinbas, Ahmet ^a   Demir, Mehmet ^a   Gedikli, Omer ^a   Acar, Gurkan ^a   Ergene, Oktay ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISPARTA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Radiology Department   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aorta, abdominal pathology; Aortic aneurysm pathology; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery ectasia; Coronary vessels pathology; Dilatation, pathologic pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846197124     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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