Frequency of myocardial bridges and dynamic compression of epicardial coronary arteries:A comparison between computed tomography and invasive coronary angiography

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1408-1416

  Kim, Pyung Jin ^a   Hur, Gham ^a   Kim, Su Young ^a   Namgung, June ^a   Hong, Seong Wan ^a   Kim, Yong Hoon ^a   Lee, Won Ro ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; Congenital; Coronary disease; Heart defects; Myocardium; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART CONTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 64549162891     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.788901     Document Type: Article

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