Visualization of coronary artery anomalies by contrast-enhanced multi-detector row spiral computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 430-435

  Schmid, Michael ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Ludwig, Josef ^a   Baum, Ulrich ^a   Anders, Katharina ^a   Pohle, Karsten ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary abnormalities; Coronary angiography; Coronary vessels; Multidetector row spiral CT (MDCT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33747016315     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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