Evaluation of efficacy of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography in patients with congenital coronary fistulas

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-270

  Dodd, Jonathan D ^a,b   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Liberthson, Richard R ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary vessel anomalies; Vascular fistula diagnosis

Indexed keywords

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC CYCLES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALY; MEAN AGES; MULTI-SEGMENT; RIGHT VENTRICLE; SINGLE ENTRY; VASCULAR FISTULA/DIAGNOSE;

HEART;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 41749125950     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318074eb88     Document Type: Article

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