Dimensions and anatomic variations of left main coronary artery in normal population: Multidetector computed tomography assessment

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 477-482

  Zeina, Abdel Rauf ^a,b   Rosenschein, Uri ^a   Barmeir, Elisha ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary computed tomography angiography; Left main coronary artery dimensions; Left main coronary artery morphology; Normal left main coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547860857     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3282c1fd9f     Document Type: Article

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