Prevalence of anatomical variants and coronary anomalies in 543 consecutive patients studied with 64-slice CT coronary angiography.

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Published in Eur Radiol on February 02, 2008

Authors

Filippo Cademartiri1, Ludovico La Grutta, Roberto Malagò, Filippo Alberghina, Willem B Meijboom, Francesca Pugliese, Erica Maffei, Anselmo Alessandro Palumbo, Annachiara Aldrovandi, Michele Fusaro, Valerio Brambilla, Paolo Coruzzi, Massimo Midiri, Nico R A Mollet, Gabriel P Krestin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology and Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy. filippocademartiri@hotmail.com

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