The utility of postmortem computed tomography selective coronary angiography in parallel with autopsy

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 506-514

  Inokuchi, Go ^a   Yajima, Daisuke ^a   Hayakawa, Mutsumi ^a   Motomura, Ayumi ^a   Chiba, Fumiko ^a   Torimitsu, Suguru ^a   Makino, Yohsuke ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary disease; Postmortem angiography; Postmortem computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; SWINE; VERY ELDERLY; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84886753023     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9473-z     Document Type: Article

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