Prevalence of myocardial bridging detected with 64-slice multidetector coronary computed tomography angiography in asymptomatic adults

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-83

  Atar, Eli ^a,b,c   Kornowski, Ran ^a,b,c   Fuchs, Shmuell ^a,b,c   Naftali, Noa ^c   Belenky, Alexander ^a,b   Bachar, Gil N ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Mor Institute for Medical Data   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Coronary; Coronary angiography; Multidectector computed tomography; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548717509     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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