An unusual left anterior descending artery myocardial bridging
Marjorie Richardson1, Guillaume Schurtz2, Valentina Silvestri3
1Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Cardio-Vasculaires, Institut Cœur Poumon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.
Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
|December 21, 2019
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