[Diagnosis of atresia of the main left coronary artery using 320-detector volumetric cardiac computed tomography [corrected]]

D Dhanoa; L Jiménez-Juan; J R Ross; A M Crean

doi:10.1016/j.rx.2010.09.006

[Diagnosis of atresia of the main left coronary artery using 320-detector volumetric cardiac computed tomography [corrected]]

Radiologia. 2012 Jan-Feb;54(1):85-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rx.2010.09.006. Epub 2011 Jun 12.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

D Dhanoa¹, L Jiménez-Juan, J R Ross, A M Crean

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Radiología, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canadá.

PMID: 21665234
DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2010.09.006

Abstract

The congenital absence of the left coronary trunk is one of the rarest anomalies of the coronary artery. We present a case in which this anomaly was suspected at cardiac catheterization and confirmed at volumetric cardiac computed tomography (CT) with a single heart beat.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography* / methods
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male