Evolution of post-mortem coronary imaging: from selective coronary arteriography to post-mortem CT-angiography and beyond

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 351-358

  De Marco, Emidio ^a   Vacchiano, Giuseppe ^b   Frati, Paola ^a,b,c   La Russa, Raffaele ^a,b,c,d   Santurro, Alessandro ^a   Scopetti, Matteo ^a   Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^e   Fineschi, Vittorio ^a,b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c Malzoni Clinical Scientific Institute   (Italy)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Post mortem angiography; Post mortem computed tomography; Post mortem computed tomography angiography; Post mortem magnetic resonance angiography; Post mortem magnetic resonance imaging; Post mortem micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

AUTOPSY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 85040777033     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: 18266983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-018-0855-x     Document Type: Review

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