Channel-like appearance of a patent foramen ovale with left to right shunt demonstrated by 64-slice computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-121

  Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Maeda, Fumiaki ^b   Nakamura, Kohki ^b   Suzuki, Kazushi ^b   Mita, Yuzuru ^b   Matsuo, Kozo ^c   Niwa, Koichiro ^c   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Awa Medical Association Hospital   (Japan)

^c Chiba Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

64 Slice computed tomography; Channel like appearance; Left to right shunt; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249292584     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.095     Document Type: Article

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