Myocardial volume perfused by coronary artery branches: A three–dimensional X–ray computed tomographic evaluation in pigs

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 302-307

  Liu, Y H ^a   Bahn, R C ^a   Ritman, R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Branching pattern; Infarct size; Myocardium at risk; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VOLUME; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFARCTION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026524171     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199204000-00009     Document Type: Article

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