[Cardiac anatomy and the radiologist].
We report a case of myocardial infarction due to occlusion of the left anterior descending artery seen on a routine chest CT performed in order to exclude aortic dissection. This underscores the need for the radiologist to look at the heart and coronary arteries on each thoracic CT-scan, even if acquired without EKG-gating.
Vincke
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Clinique Notre Dame, Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Avenue Delmée 9, 7500 Tournai Belgique. pvinke@yahoo.fr
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Kirsch
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D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards