Post-mortem angiographic and histologic findings of coronary artery fibromuscular dysplasia

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nerantzis, Christos E ^a   Kalogrias, Nikos F ^a   Letsas, Konstantinos P ^b   Gavrielatos, Gerasimos ^b   Salachas, Anastasios J ^b   Antonellis, Ioannis ^b   Koutsaftis, Philips N ^a  

^a Forensic Medical Service of Athens   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery; Fibromuscular dysplasia; Histology; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 35349028853     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.149     Document Type: Article

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