Frequency of coronary artery ectasia in patients undergoing surgery for ascending aortic aneurysms

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1433-1435

  Papadakis, Manolis C ^a   Leontiadis, Evagelos ^a   Manginas, Athanassios ^a   Voudris, Vassilios ^a   Pavlides, Gregory ^a   Karatasakis, George ^a   Foussas, Stefanos G ^b   Mihalis, Alkiviadis S ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b Tzanio State Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 9344226763     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.019     Document Type: Article

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