Evaluation of Myocardial Bridging of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery by 64-Slice Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1081-1082

  Lubarsky, Lev ^a   Gupta, Manish P ^a   Hecht, Harvey S ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548659069     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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