A coronary artery fistula with aneurysm draining into the coronary sinus: Role of transesophageal echocardiography

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-114

  Ieva, Riccardo ^a   Correale, Michele ^a   De Luca, Giovanni ^b   Di Biase, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Barletta Civic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 34248176929     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.05208.x     Document Type: Article

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