An investigation of the association between coronary artery dominance and coronary artery variations with coronary arterial disease by multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 929-933

  Eren, Suat ^a   Bayram, Ednan ^b   Fil, Fadime ^a   Koplay, Mustafa ^a   Sirvanci, Mustafa ^c   Duran, Cihan ^c   Sagsoz, M Erdem ^a   Diyarbakir, Samih ^a   Okur, Adnan ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^a,d  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Numune Hospital   (Turkey)

^c FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary arterial disease; Coronary artery dominance; MDCT; Posterior ventricular branches, variations

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; HEART; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTERIAL DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIAL DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DOMINANCE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; IN-VIVO; MULTI-DETECTORS; POSTERIOR VENTRICULAR BRANCH, VARIATION;

DISEASES;

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TURKEY;

EID: 62149150311     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181593d5b     Document Type: Article

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