Coronary artery bypass grafts and MDCT imaging: What to know and what to look for

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3166-3178

  Marano, Riccardo ^a   Liguori, Carlo ^b   Rinaldi, Pierluigi ^b   Storto, Maria Luigia ^a   Politi, Marco Angelo ^c   Savino, Giancarlo ^b   Bonomo, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Multidetector computed tomography; Myocardial revascularization

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36348940438     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0722-y     Document Type: Review

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