Clinical expression of coronary artery ectasia

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 815-820

  Valente, Serafina ^a,b   Lazzeri, Chiara ^a   Giglioli, Cristina ^a   Sani, Francesca ^a   Romano, Salvatore Mario ^a   Margheri, Massimo ^a   Comeglio, Marco ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Coronary artery ectasia; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STENOSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIES; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34748897764     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3280115667     Document Type: Article

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