High brachiocephalic artery: CT appearance and clinical implications

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-194

  Maldjian, Pierre D ^a,b   Saric, Muhamed ^a   Tsai, Steve C ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous brachiocephalic artery; Brachiocephalic artery; Innominate artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID GLAND; TRACHEA;

AGED; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249877928     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213574.94032.9d     Document Type: Article

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