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Coronary Artery Anomalies

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This chapter gives an overview of coronary anomalies and their development, the course of anomalous coronary arteries, and their classification and clinical importance.

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  1. Röntgeninstitut Düsseldorf, Kaiserswerther Strasse 89, 40476, Düsseldorf, Germany

    P. G. C. Begemann Priv.-Doz. Dr. med.

  2. Institut für Radiologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    M. Grigoryev Dr. med. & M. Dewey Prof. Dr. med.

  3. Klinik und Poliklinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Diagnostikzentrum, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    G. Lund Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. & G. Adam Prof. Dr. med.

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Begemann, P.G.C., Grigoryev, M., Lund, G., Adam, G., Dewey, M. (2014). Coronary Artery Anomalies. In: Cardiac CT. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41883-9_25

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