Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 83-88 , March 2010

Myocardial bridging on dual-source computed tomography: degree of systolic compression of mural coronary artery correlating with length and depth of the myocardial bridge

  • Shi-he Liu

      Affiliations

    • Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong University, Road Jing-Wu, No. 324, Jinan, 250021, PR China
    • Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Road Jing-Wu, No. 324, Jinan, 250021, PR China. Tel.: +86 531 85186768.
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  • Qing Yang

      Affiliations

    • The Affilitated Hospital of Medical College Qingdao University, Road Jiang-Su, No. 16, Qingdao, 266000, PR China
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  • Jiu-hong Chen

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Ltd., China, Medical Solutions D Building, 7, Wangjing Zhonghuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102, PR China
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  • Xi-ming Wang

      Affiliations

    • Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Road Jing-Wu, No. 324, Jinan, 250021, PR China
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  • Min Wang

      Affiliations

    • Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong University, Road Jing-Wu, No. 324, Jinan, 250021, PR China
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  • Cheng Liu

      Affiliations

    • Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Road Jing-Wu, No. 324, Jinan, 250021, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Road Jing-Wu, No. 324, Jinan, 250021, PR China. Tel.: +86 531 85186768.

Received 3 March 2009 ,Accepted 1 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.05.010

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 83-88 , March 2010

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