Anomalous origin of the circumflex artery from the right aortic sinus: Assessment with conventional coronary angiography and multislice computed tomography;Origine anomala dell'arteria circonflessa dal seno di Valsalva destro: Valutazionemediante tomografia computerizzata multistrato ed angiografia coronarica convenzionale

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 421-424

  Tedeschi, Carlo ^a,b,d   de Rosa, Roberto ^a   Ratti, Gennaro ^a   Sacco, Maurizio ^a   Borrelli, Francesco ^a   Runza, Giuseppe ^b   Midiri, Massimo ^b   Tuccillo, Bernardino ^c   Pepe, Roberto ^a   Capogrosso, Paolo ^a  

^a San Gennaro Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary vessel anomalies; Left circumflex artery; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; THORAX PAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48249118321     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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