Arterial bending angle and wall morphology correlate with slow coronary flow: Determination with multidetector CT coronary angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-117

  Kantarci, Mecit ^a,e   Gündogdu, Fuat ^a   Doganay, Selim ^b   Duran, Cihan ^c   Kalkan, M Emin ^a   Sagsoz, M Erdem ^a   Kucuk, Osman ^d   Karakaya, Afak ^a   Kucuk, Ahmet ^d   Akgün, Metin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arterial bending angle; MDCT; Slow coronary flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953774538     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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