Measurement of coronary artery bifurcation angles by multidetector computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 793-798

  Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Ludwig, Josef ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bifurcation angle; Computed tomography; Coronary bifurcation lesions; CT angiography; Invasive angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33749853083     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000239318.88270.9f     Document Type: Article

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