Severe form of persistent Thebesian veins presenting as ischemic heart disease

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 714-717

  Jung, Younghee ^a   Kim, Hyun Jin ^a   Yoon, Chang Hwan ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Coronary angiography; Coronary vessel anomalies; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; CORONARY VEIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL HISTORY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE INVERSION; THEBESIAN VEIN; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84869748446     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2012.42.10.714     Document Type: Article

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