Anatomic variations and anomalies of the coronary arteries: 64-slice CT angiographic appearance

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-283

  Koşar, Pinar ^b   Ergun, Elif ^a   Öztürk, Cansu ^b   Koşar, Uǧur ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiography; Anomalies; Computed tomography; Coronary vessels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CODOMINANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS NODE;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74549148066     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2550-09.1     Document Type: Article

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