Findings of bilateral coronary to pulmonary artery fistula in 64-multislice computed tomographic angiography: Correlation with catheter angiography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-273

  Shabestari, Abbas Arjmand ^a   Akhlaghpoor, Shahram ^a   Fatehi, Mansoor ^a  

^a Noor Medical Imaging Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery fistula; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; MULTI SLICES; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTISLICE SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR STRUCTURES;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

IODIXANOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 41749121005     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3180683bbe     Document Type: Article

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