Terminology and anatomy of angulated coronary arteriography.
Angulated views in coronary arteriography have been increasingly utilized because of their superiority in demonstrating lesions not well seen in standard right and left oblique projections. The importance of these angulated views has been repeatedly demonstrated. It is the purpose of this article to review some basic coronary anatomy angulation terminology, and then to describe the particular advantages of the angulated views in coronary arteriography. Illustrations of these particular views of both coronary systems will be provided.
D000792:Angiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic