Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery arising from the left anterior descending artery in a case with single coronary artery anomaly: Multi-detector computer tomography imaging

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-386

  Bayram, Ednan ^a,d   Kocatürk, Hasan ^b   Kantarci, Mecit ^c   Fil, Fadime ^c   Çolak, Mehmet Cengiz ^b  

^a Numune Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Sifa Hastaneler Grubu Erzurum Sifa Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 56049122939     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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