The comparison of angiographic lesions and clinical outcomes in identical twins

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-576

  Gullu, Ahmet Umit ^a,b   Kizilay, Mehmet ^a   Ates, Mehmet ^a   Akcar, Murat ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TWINS;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34548396317     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.153445     Document Type: Article

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