Coronary artery kinking with poststenotic ectasia: Multislice computed tomography completes diagnosis: A review of the literature

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-278

  Langer, Christoph ^a   Franzke, Karin ^a   Butz, Thomas ^a   Piper, Cornelia ^a   Horstkotte, Dieter ^a   Wiemer, Marcus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Ectasia; Kinking; Multislice computed tomography; Vessel wall imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART;

CORONARY ARTERIES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTASIA; KINKING; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VESSEL WALL IMAGING; VESSEL WALLS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY KINKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTSTENOTIC ECTASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 41749122859     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318074fde4     Document Type: Article

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