Right coronary artery arising from pulmonary trunk: Assessment with conventional coronary angiography and multislice computed tomography coronary angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-182

  Tedeschi, Carlo ^a,e,f   Briguori, Carlo ^b   De Rosa, Roberto ^a   Ratti, Gennaro ^c   Cademartiri, Filippo ^d   Sacco, Maurizio ^a   Borrelli, Francesco ^a   Tammaro, Paolo ^c   Midiri, Massimo ^e   Capogrosso, Paolo ^a,c  

^a San Gennaro Hospital   (Italy)

^b Clinica Mediterranea   (Italy)

^c 'San Giovanni Bosco' Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Congenital heart defect; Coronary artery anomalies; Coronary vessels

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VALVE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RR INTERVAL; THORAX PAIN; ANGINA PECTORIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65549086676     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831de545     Document Type: Article

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