Anomalous origins of the right and posterior descending coronary arteries from the left anterior descending coronary artery: Unusual pattern of single coronary artery

Journal of Cardiology Cases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Jeong Hwan ^a   Cha, Kwang Soo ^b   Park, Sun Yi ^a   Park, Tae Ho ^a   Kim, Moo Hyun ^a   Kim, Young Dae ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary vessels; Myocardial infarction; Stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 79251625686     PISSN: 18785409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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