The collateral circulation of the heart in coronary total arterial occlusions in man: Systematic review of assessment and pathophysiology

American Heart Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 941-952

  Khand, Aleem ^a,b   Fisher, Michael ^b   Jones, Julia ^a   Patel, Bilal ^b   Perry, Raph ^b   Mitsudo, Kazuaki ^c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY; EMBASE; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY OCCLUSION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING;

EID: 84888636511     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.09.010     Document Type: Review

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