Coronary imaging of anomalous origins and aneurysms of the left coronary artery by multislice computed tomography

Received 9 April 2008; accepted 20 November 2008. published online 26 April 2010.

Abstract

In this paper, we describe two cases of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery and two cases of aneurysm on the left coronary artery. Detailed three-dimensional images were acquired by the multislice computed tomography (MSCT) SOMATOM Sensation Cardiac 64 during clinical studies of cardiac diseases.

Keywords: MSCT, Anomalous origin, Aneurysm, Kawasaki disease

a Department of Human Anatomy “GF Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy

b Fondazione Mediterranea “G.B. Morgagni”, 95125 Catania, Italy

Corresponding author. Department of Human Anatomy “GF Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95125, Catania, Italy. Tel.: 0039 095 238688-529.

PII: S0899-7071(08)00368-9

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.11.028

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