Double left anterior descending coronary artery arising from the left and right coronary arteries: A rare congenital coronary artery anomaly

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 196-198

  Turhan, Hasan ^a   Atak, Ramazan ^a   Erbay, Ali Riza ^a   Senen, Kubilay ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^b  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery anomaly; Descending artery; Double left anterior

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4344663966     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-003-0747-3     Document Type: Article

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