Course and variation of the intercostal artery by CT scan

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 634-639

  Helm, Emma J ^a   Rahman, Najib M ^b,c   Talakoub, Omid ^e   Fox, Danial L ^d   Gleeson, Fergus V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL ARTERY; INTERCOSTAL SPACE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; RIB SPACE NUMBER; SPINE; THORAX;

EID: 84874967028     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1285     Document Type: Article

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