Accessory appendages of the left atrium as seen during 64-slice coronary CT angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Duerinckx, Andre J ^a   Vanovermeire, Olivier ^b  

^a The MetroHealth System   (United States)

^b AZ Groeninge ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

64 slice MSCT; Anatomical variants; Cardiac anatomy; Cardiac CT; Coronary CT angiography; Left atrial appendage; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349184014     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9240-x     Document Type: Review

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