Evaluation of a coronary-cameral fistula: Benefits of coronary dual-source MDCT angiography in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 874-878

  Lerner, Catherine B ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   Boll, Daniel T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Coronary arteries; Dose; MDCT

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47249141598     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0906-x     Document Type: Article

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