The sword of damocles: An illustrative example of the life-saving effect of the collateral circulation

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Meier, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; VASCULARIZATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960066934     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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