Imaging of Coronary Artery Anomalies

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 711-727

  Sundaram, Baskaran ^a   Kreml, Renee ^a   Patel, Smita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary anatomy; Coronary anomalies; Coronary artery; Coronary computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955548635     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.04.006     Document Type: Review

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