Coronary CT angiography evaluation of calcified coronary plaques by measurement of left coronary bifurcation angle

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 1:182:229-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.114. Epub 2014 Dec 29.

Authors

Lei Xu¹, Zhonghua Sun²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China.
² Discipline of Medical Imaging, Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia. Electronic address: z.sun@curtin.edu.au.

PMID: 25577768
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.114

No abstract available

Keywords: Bifurcation angle; Calcified plaques; Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic value.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Coronary Angiography / methods*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multidetector Computed Tomography / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging*