Angiographic prevalence of myocardial bridging in a defined very large number of Chinese patients with chest pain

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 405-408

  Li, Jian Jun ^a   Shang, Zheng Liu ^a   Yao, Min ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Yang, Yue Jin ^a   Chen, Ji Lin ^a   Qiao, Shu Bin ^a   Ma, Wei Hua ^a   Qin, Xue Wen ^a   Liu, Hai Bo ^a   Wu, Yong Jian ^a   Yuan, Jin Qing ^a   Chen, Jue ^a   You, Shi Jie ^a   Dai, Jun ^a   Xu, Bo ^a   Xia, Ran ^a   Gao, Run Lin ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Angiographic prevalence; Chest pain; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; THORAX PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42449091935     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200803010-00006     Document Type: Article

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