Left main coronary artery stenosis secondary to severe pulmonary artery dilation

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 708-710

  Napoleone, Carlo Pace ^a   Angeli, Emanuela ^a   Oppido, Guido ^a   Turci, Simone ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Atrial; Coronary stenosis; Heart septal defects; Hypertension; Pulmonary; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; SINUS VENOSUS; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY STENOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877810496     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492312440805     Document Type: Article

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