Identification of a coronary-to-bronchial-artery communication with MDCT shows the diagnostic potential of this new technology: Case report and review

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-276

  Lee, Chi Ming ^a,b,c   Leung, Ting Kai ^a,b   Wang, Hung Jung ^a   Lee, Wei Hsing ^a   Shen, Li Kuo ^a   Chen, Ya Yen ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

64 detector CT; Bronchial artery; Communication; Coronary artery; Multidetector CT (MDCT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; BRONCHIAL ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548287008     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31802f134d     Document Type: Article

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