Coronary variants and anomalies: Methodology of visualisation with 64-slice CT and prevalence in 202 consecutive patients;Varianti ed anomalie coronariche: Metodologia di visualizzazione mediante TC a 64 strati e prevalenza in 202 pazienti consecutivi

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1117-1131

  Cademartiri, F ^a,b   Malago R ^b,c   Grutta, L La ^b,d   Alberghina, F ^b,d   Palumbo, A ^a,b   Maffei, E ^a   Brambilla, V ^e   Pugliese, F ^b   Runza, G ^d   Midiri, M ^d   Mollet, N R ^b   Krestin, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

64 slice CT; Coronary anatomy; Coronary artery anomalies; Coronary artery variants; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; LORAZEPAM; METOPROLOL TARTRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINUS NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349039900     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-007-0210-0     Document Type: Article

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