Exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in a patient with dislocated right coronary artery orifice in the right sinus of Valsalva

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Sato, Yuichi ^a   Yoda, Shunichi ^a   Kunimasa, Taeko ^a   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Matsuo, Shinro ^b   Ichikawa, Makoto ^a   Honye, Junko ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery; Multidetector row computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA SINUS; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43949088478     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.082     Document Type: Article

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