Relationship between myocardial bridges and reduced coronary atherosclerosis in patients with angina pectoris

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 883-888

  Verhagen, Sandra N ^a   Rutten, Annemarieke ^a   Meijs, Matthijs F ^a   Isgum, Ivana ^b   Cramer, Maarten J ^a   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Visseren, Frank L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary calcium; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CALCIUM; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880920017     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.091     Document Type: Article

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