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Coronary artery anomalies and clinically important anatomy in patients with congenital heart disease: multislice CT findings

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In patients with congenital heart disease, coronary artery anomalies are common and have different clinical importance from individuals with structurally normal hearts. Visibility of the coronary arteries by CT has markedly improved due to high temporal resolution and ECG-synchronized data acquisition. In this article we describe current multislice CT techniques for coronary artery imaging and illustrate coronary artery anomalies and clinically important coronary artery anatomy from the point of view of congenital heart disease.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea

    Hyun Woo Goo

  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Dong-Man Seo, Tae-Jin Yun & Jeong-Jun Park

  3. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    In-Sook Park, Jae Kon Ko & Young Hwee Kim

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Goo, H.W., Seo, DM., Yun, TJ. et al. Coronary artery anomalies and clinically important anatomy in patients with congenital heart disease: multislice CT findings. Pediatr Radiol 39, 265–273 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-1111-7

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