Detection of myocardial bridge and evaluation of its anatomical properties by coronary multislice spiral computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-138

  Kawawa, Yoko ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^b   Gomi, Tatsuya ^a   Nagamoto, Masashi ^a   Terada, Hitoshi ^a   Ishii, Toshiharu ^b   Kohda, Ehiichi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Coronary multislice spiral computed tomography (coronary MSCT); Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

CORONARY HEART DISEASES; MULTISLICE SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MSCT); MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ERROR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM BRIDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33845923480     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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