Coronary-bronchial artery fistula manifested by hemoptysis and myocardial ischemia in a patient with bronchiectasis

Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-52

  Lee, Woo Surng ^a   Lee, Song Am ^a   Chee, Hyun Keun ^a   Hwang, Jae Joon ^a   Park, Jae Bum ^a   Lee, Jung Hwa ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fistula; Hemoptysis; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859869740     PISSN: 2233601X     EISSN: 20936516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.1.49     Document Type: Article

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