Anatomical variants and anomalies of the coronary tree studied with MDCT coronary angiography.
Anomalies of the coronary arteries are congenital and in most of the cases asymptomatic, although they may present with severe symptoms such as angina pectoris or cardiac arrest. Multidetector CT coronary angiography (MDCT-CA) permits, through curved multiplanar reconstructions and three-dimensional reformatting, noninvasive visualisation of the coronary tree and its variants and anomalies, providing a more accurate alternative to conventional coronary angiography (CCA). The purpose of this pictorial essay is to describe the main variants and anomalies of the coronary arteries using MDCT imaging with multiplanar and three-dimensional reconstructions.
Malagò
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Istituto di Radiologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, P.le L.A.Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. rmalag@sirm.org
D'Onofrio
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Brunelli
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La Grutta
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Midiri
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Tavella
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Benussi
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Pozzi Mucelli
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D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*