Remarkable anatomic anomalies of coronary arteries and their clinical importance: A multidetector computed tomography angiographic study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 939-948

  Duran, Cihan ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^b,d   Durur Subasi, Irmak ^b   Gulbaran, Murat ^a   Sevimli, Serdar ^b   Bayram, Ednan ^c   Eren, Suat ^b   Karaman, Adem ^b   Fil, Fadime ^b   Okur, Adnan ^b  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Numune Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary anomalies; MDCT

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; HEART; HOSPITALS; VOLUME RENDERING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERIES; FLORENCE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERIES; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STUDY GROUPS;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGEON;

EID: 33750733025     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000230004.38521.8e     Document Type: Article

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