Clinical implication of coronary tortuosity in patients with coronary artery disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a   Shen, Chengxing ^a   Ji, Yanan ^a   Feng, Yi ^a   Ma, Genshan ^a   Liu, Naifeng ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY TORTUOSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; AGED; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80052330287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024232     Document Type: Article

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