CT diagnosis of isolated anomalous origin of the RCA arising from the main pulmonary artery

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-147

  Waite, Stephen ^a   Ng, Tsz ^a   Afari, Arash ^b   Gohari, Arash ^a   Lowery, Robert ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous right coronary artery; Cardiac CT; Coronary artery anomalies; Coronary artery CT

Indexed keywords

PRAVASTATIN; THALLIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY SINUS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54049112683     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181653c5a     Document Type: Article

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