Anatomical variants and anomalies of the coronary tree studied with MDCT coronary angiography;Varianti anatomiche e anomalie del circolo coronarico mediante angiografia coronarica TCMS

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-692

  Malago R ^a   D'Onofrio, M ^a   Brunelli, S ^a   La Grutta, L ^b   Midiri, M ^b   Tavella, D ^c   Benussi, P ^c   Pozzi Mucelli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary anomalies; Coronary variants; Fistula; MDCT coronary angiography; Miocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955465964     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-010-0522-3     Document Type: Article

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