A rare congenital coronary artery anomaly: Anomalous of the left anterior descending coronary artery arising from the right coronary artery and review of the literature

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Karabay, Kanber Ocal ^a   Baǧirtan, Bayram ^b   Erdim, Refik ^a   Uysal, Ender ^c   Vural, Mutlu ^b  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Avrupa Safak Hospital   (Turkey)

^c SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary anomaly; Left descending artery; Right coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954919635     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.078     Document Type: Article

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