Gender differences in the types and frequency of coronary artery anomalies

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-247

  Aydar, Yuksel ^a   Yazici, Huseyin U ^a   Birdane, Alparslan ^a   Nasifov, Muharrem ^a   Nadir, Aydin ^a   Ulu, Taner ^a   Göktekin, Omer ^a   Gorenek, Bulent ^a   Unalir, Ahmet ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Coronary artery anomaly; Fistula; Gender; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASCULAR FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255146435     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.225.239     Document Type: Article

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