Prevalence of coronary artery intramyocardial course in a large population of clinical patients detected by multislice computed tomography coronary angiography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 895-901

  De Rosa, R ^a   Sacco, M ^a   Tedeschi, C ^a   Pepe, R ^a   Capogrosso, P ^a   Montemarano, E ^a   Rotondo, A ^a   Runza, G ^a   Midiri, M ^a   Cademartiri, F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anatomy; Coronary artery disease; CT; Intramyocardial course; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; BRIDGES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS; ANATOMY; ATENOLOL; BETA-BLOCKERS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CT; CT SCANNING; HEART RATE; INTRAMYOCARDIAL COURSE; MASS INDEX; MEAN LENGTH; MEDICAL SYSTEMS; MULTI DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTI-SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; PATIENT POPULATION; TOKYO , JAPAN; TOSHIBA; X-RAY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51849103865     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802199825     Document Type: Article

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