Multidetector row computed tomographic findings in a patient with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-62

  Sato, Yuichi ^a   Ichikawa, Makoto ^a   Komatsu, Sei ^b   Matsuo, Shinro ^c   Kunimasa, Taeko ^a   Honye, Junko ^a   Yoda, Shunichi ^a   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Tani, Shigemasa ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery; MDCT; Virtual angioscopy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; AORTA; AORTA SINUS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846850406     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2006.03.105     Document Type: Article

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