Anomalous right coronary artery originating from the left anterior descending artery: Case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-198

  Wilson, Joel ^a   Reda, Hassan ^b   Gurley, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Aged; Angina pectoris etiology; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery bypass; Coronary artery disease; Coronary vessel anomalies; Heart conduction system; Humans; Male; Middle aged; Pacemaker, artificial

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DETERIORATION; DYSKINESIA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART BLOCK; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 70749136819     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.140     Document Type: Review

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