Dual left anterior descending coronary artery from right aortic sinus: Report of a case of recurrent unstable angina after CABG

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 299-301

  Formica, Francesco ^a   Corti, Fabrizio ^a   Colombo, Virgilio ^a   Monica, Gianoli ^a   Paolini, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247275244     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20051112     Document Type: Article

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