Non-invasive diagnosis of a congenital coronary artery fistula

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-214

  Brandt Pohlmann, Magdalena ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Pougratz, Gerhard ^a   Moshage, Werner ^a   Wortmann, Alois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery fistula; Electron beam tomography; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031770050     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006029215822     Document Type: Article

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