Coronary artery fistulas: CT findings

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 781-789

  Zenooz, Navid A ^a   Habibi, Reza ^b   Mammen, Leena ^c   Finn, J Paul ^b   Gilkeson, Robert C ^d  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68549140385     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.293085120     Document Type: Article

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