Noninvasive assessment of coronary artery ectasia using multidetector computed tomography

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Zeina, Abdel Rauf ^a,c   Sharif, Dawod ^b   Blinder, Jorge ^a   Rosenschein, Uri ^b   Barmeir, Elisha ^a  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery ectasia; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247233931     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3280144be1     Document Type: Article

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