Role of MDCT coronary angiography in the evaluation of septal vs interarterial course of anomalous left coronary arteries

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 246-254

  Torres, Felipe S ^a   Nguyen, Elsie T ^a   Dennie, Carole J ^b   Crean, Andrew M ^a   Horlick, Eric ^c   Osten, Mark D ^c   Paul, Narinder ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catheter coronary angiography; Coronary angiography; Coronary vessel anomalies; Coronary vessels; CT coronary angiography; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AORTOGRAPHY; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953299290     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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