In Vivo Intravascular Ultrasonic Assessment of Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Arising from Left Coronary Sinus

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 747-751

  Tsujita, Kenichi ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Franklin Bond, Theresa ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY SINUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 60249100511     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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