Dynamic compression of the left main coronary artery by the left atrium

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-240

  Ducas, Robin A ^a   Jassal, Davinder S ^a   Kirkpatrick, Iain D C ^a   Freed, Darren H ^a   Zieroth, Shelley R ^a   Ducas, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary artery compression syndrome; IVUS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY; DYNAMIC COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69549110272     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181a4bb2c     Document Type: Article

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