Coronary Collaterals-Too Small to Be Eyeballed, Too Large to Be Meaningless

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1203-

  Meier, Pascal ^a   Seiler, Christian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950346658     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.028     Document Type: Letter

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