Myocardial Bridging, a Common Anatomical Variant Rather Than a Congenital Anomaly

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Konen, Eli ^a   Goitein, Orly ^a   Di Segni, Elio ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43549083242     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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