Multifocal coronary artery myocardial bridging involving the right coronary and left anterior descending arteries detected by ECG-gated 64 slice multidetector CT coronary angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 713-717

  Rychter, Kelly ^a   Salanitri, John ^b   Edelman, Robert R ^b  

^a Evanston Northwestern Hospital   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; CT angiography; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODIXANOL; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 33846950303     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9086-7     Document Type: Article

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