Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 119-122 , June 2010

Coronary Artery Ectasia Presenting With Recurrent Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction

  • Chi-Hsien Chen
    • ,
  • Chih-Ta Lin
    • ,
  • Tin-Kwang Lin

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, 2, Min-Sheng Road, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan

Received 3 June 2009 ,Revised 19 June 2009 ,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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PII: S1016-3190(10)60053-5

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(10)60053-5

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 119-122 , June 2010

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