Cardiac imaging: Part 2, normal, variant, and anomalous configurations of the coronary vasculature

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 816-826

  Young, Phillip M ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^b   Williamson, Eric E ^a   Julsrud, Paul R ^a   Herfkens, Robert J ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary anomalies; Coronary arteries; Coronary fistulas; Coronary veins; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; BLAND GARLAND WHITE SYNDROME; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMUS INTERMEDIUS; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RIGHT SUPERIOR SEPTAL PERFORATOR; SINUS NODE;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053221613     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.7249     Document Type: Review

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