Accessory left gastric artery from left hepatic artery shown on MDCT and conventional angiography: Correlation with CT hepatic arteriography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1002-1009

  Ishigami, Kousei ^a   Yoshimitsu, Kengo ^a   Irie, Hiroyuki ^a   Tajima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Asayama, Yoshiki ^a   Hirakawa, Masakazu ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; CT arteriography; Digital subtraction angiography; Gastric arteries; Hemodynamics; Hepatic Arteries; MDCT angiography

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY LEFT GASTRIC ARTERY; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC HEPATIC ARTERIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749032368     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1114     Document Type: Review

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