Myocardial bridging: Noninvasive diagnosis with multidetector CT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-240

  Goitein, Orly ^a   Lacomis, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary CTA; Multidetector CT; Myocardial bridging; Tunneled myocardium

Indexed keywords

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONDITION; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY CTA; CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS; DIAGNOSTIC STANDARD; ISCHAEMIA; MULTIDETECTOR CT; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS; TUNNELED MYOCARDIUM;

HEART;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; IOVERSOL; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 15744377415     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000155061.73107.ca     Document Type: Article

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