Coronary Artery Ectasia

Tzu Chi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-274

  Lin, Chih Ta ^a   Chen, Chih Wei ^a   Lin, Tin Kwang ^a   Lin, Chin Lon ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery ectasia

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849100382     PISSN: 10163190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60049-X     Document Type: Review

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