Acute coronary syndrome due to high aortocoronary junction of the right coronary artery: The value of multislice CT

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Shih Pu ^a   Jao, Yeun Tarl Fresner Ng ^a   Han, Shu Chen ^a  

^a TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aberrant coronary artery; Angina; Compression of great arteries; High takeoff

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DILTIAZEM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 37349078674     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.154     Document Type: Article

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