The Prevalence and Anatomical Patterns of Intramuscular Coronary Arteries. A Coronary Computed Tomography Angiographic Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-593

  Konen, Eli ^a   Goitein, Orly ^a   Sternik, Leonid ^a   Eshet, Yael ^a   Shemesh, Joseph ^a   Di Segni, Elio ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846645360     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.039     Document Type: Article

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