What is the most effective method of detecting anomalous coronary origin in symptomatic patients?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-157

  Hejmadi, Aarti ^a   Sahn, David J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038544469     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00510-2     Document Type: Editorial

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