Coronary artery anomalies and superimposed coronary artery disease: Intimate or simply coexisting? [2]

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-235

  Rigatelli, G ^a,b   Rigatelli, G L ^c  

^a Endo Cardio Vascular Ther Res ^*  (Italy)

^b EndoCardioVascular Therapy Research   (Italy)

^c Legnago General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS;

EID: 3843090433     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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