Left main coronary anomaly arising from the right sinus of valsalva-interarterial, septal, or a continuum?

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-34

  Barry, Michael O ^a   Seeck, Brian A ^a   Virgilio, Courtney ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^b  

^a Cardiovascular Division   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery anomaly; Interarterial course; Multidetector computer tomography (MDCT); Septal course

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; OXYGEN; TROPONIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 44949205575     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31814b2031     Document Type: Article

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