Anomalous intramural course of coronary arteries in congenital heart disease-three case reports and review of the literature

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Zwadlo, Carolin ^a   Meyer, Gerd Peter ^b   Schieffer, Bernhard ^a   Westhoff Bleck, Mechthild ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Klink Hamburg Altona   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Coronary anomaly; Intramural; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858812587     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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