Coronary tortuosity: A long and winding road

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 191-195

  Zegers, E S ^a   Meursing, B T J ^b   Zegers, E B ^c   Oude Ophuis, A J M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Coronary tortuosity; Exercise test

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; BLEOMYCIN; CARBASALATE CALCIUM; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; SIMVASTATIN; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547885758     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03085979     Document Type: Article

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