Coronary artery ectasia: A ten-year experience in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Lam, C S P ^a   Ho, K T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Dilatation; Myocardial ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGAPORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 4644290832     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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