Aneurysm of the great cardiac vein

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-172

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Jordan, Robert ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Anterior interventricular artery; Cardiac electrophysiology; Cardiac surgery; Cardiac veins; Circumflex branch; Great cardiac vein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; GREAT CARDIAC VEIN ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VEIN ANEURYSM; VENOCONSTRICTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISSECTION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33847771476     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0176-y     Document Type: Article

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