Coronary artery pathology

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1484-1489

  Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULITIS; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 38449084728     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.038364     Document Type: Review

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