Anatomic properties of myocardial bridge predisposing to myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-383

  Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Akasaka, Yoshikiyo ^a   Suzuki, Koyu ^b   Fujiwara, Mieko ^b   Ogawa, Takafumi ^b   Yamazaki, Kazuto ^c   Niino, Hitoshi ^d   Tanaka, Michio ^e   Ogata, Kentaro ^f   Morinaga, Shojiroh ^g   Ebihara, Yoshiro ^h   Kawahara, Yutaka ⁱ   Sugiura, Hitoshi ^j   Takimoto, Toshiro ^k   Komatsu, Akio ^l   Shinagawa, Toshihito ^j   Taki, Kazuhiro ^m   Satoh, Hideaki ⁿ   Yamada, Kazuaki ^o   Yanagida Iida, Maki ^p   Shimokawa, Reiko ^q   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^r   Nishimura, Chiaki ^a   Ito, Kinji ^a   Ishii, Toshiharu ^a   more..

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION YOKOHAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations   (Japan)

^g KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Toda Chuo General Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k Kasukabe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^l Jiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^m MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital   (Japan)

^o National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^p Yokosuka Municipal Uwamachi Hospital   (Japan)

^q Yokohama Eastern Hospital   (Japan)

^r KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Anatomy; Atherosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 68249093127     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.820720     Document Type: Article

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