Variants and anomalies of thoracic vasculature on computed tomographic angiography in adults

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-528

  Berko, Netanel S ^a   Jain, Vineet R ^a   Godelman, Alla ^a   Stein, Evan G ^a   Ghosh, Subha ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Aortic arch; Central veins; CT angiography; Variant

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARCHES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANOMALY; AORTIC ARCH; BRANCHING PATTERNS; CENTRAL VEIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; NORMAL VARIANTS; VARIANT; VASCULATURE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 68949132798     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181888343     Document Type: Review

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