Advantages of multislice spiral computed tomography for evaluation of serious coronary complications after kawasaki disease

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-27

  Kanamaru, Hiroshi ^a,c   Karasawa, Kensuke ^a   Ichikawa, Rie ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Miyashita, Michio ^a   Taniguchi, Kazuo ^a   Ayusawa, Mamoru ^a   Sumitomo, Naokata ^a   Okada, Tomoo ^a   Takayama, Tadateru ^b   Sato, Yuichi ^b   Saito, Satoshi ^c   Harada, Kensuke ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics and Childhealth ^*  (Japan)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysms (coronary arterial lesion); Computed tomography (multislice spiral); Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTIMAL HYPERTROPHY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRUNK; CALCINOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34548163174     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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