Cataloguing the geometry of the human coronary arteries: A potential tool for predicting risk of coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Zhu, Hui ^a   Ding, Zhaohua ^b   Piana, Robert N ^b   Gehrig, Thomas R ^c   Friedman, Morton H ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biplane angiography; Coronary artery disease; Geometry risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TORSION;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67349121599     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.087     Document Type: Article

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