Isolated right ventricular infarction owing to anomalous origin of right coronary artery role of MR and CT in diagnosis

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-37

  Saremi, Farhood ^a   Gurudevan, Swaminatha V ^b   Harrison, Alexander T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous coronary artery; Cardiac MRI; Coronary angiography; CT coronary angiography; Multidetector CT; Myocardial infarction; Right ventricle infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANOMALOUS RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 62649143261     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181883d98     Document Type: Article

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