Prevalence and characteristics of major and minor coronary artery anomalies in an adult population assessed by computed tomography coronary angiography

EuroIntervention

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-647

  Rodríguez Granillo, Gastón A ^a,b   Rosales, Miguel A ^a   Pugliese, Francesca ^c   Fernandez Pereira, Carlos ^a   Rodríguez, Alfredo E ^a  

^a Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography coronary angiography; Coronary artery anomalies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65549093663     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV4I5A107     Document Type: Article

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