Anatomic features of the left main coronary artery and factors associated with its bifurcation angle: A 3-dimensional quantitative coronary angiographic study

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-309

  Rubinshtein, Ronen ^a,b   Lerman, Amir ^a   Spoon, Daniel B ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

anatomy; coronary artery disease; left main coronary artery; quantitative coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864287607     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23425     Document Type: Article

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