The normal and abnormal anatomy of the coronary arteries

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-128

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Groat, Christopher ^a   Khangura, Rajkamal ^a   Owens, Deyzi Gueorguieva ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac anatomy; Circumflex coronary artery; Congenital malformations; Left coronary artery; Right coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY VEIN; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS;

EID: 58249097236     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20761     Document Type: Review

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