Coronary artery ectasia - Is it time for a reappraisal?

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 214-217

  Ramappa, P ^a   Kottam, A ^a   Kuivanemi, H ^a   Thatai, Deepak ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery ectasia; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ANEURYSM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOGENESIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34249009216     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20002     Document Type: Review

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