Multislice CT angiography assessment of left coronary artery: Correlation between bifurcation angle and dimensions and development of coronary artery disease

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a   Cao, Yan ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHANDONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bifurcation; Coronary artery disease; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 80052156088     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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