The Clinical Anatomy of Coronary Arteries
Considerable advances have been made in cardiology during the last few decades. In particular, there has been great progress in the field of coronary angiography both when combined with, and without, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic reso nance (MR)
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Vol. 167
Editors F. Beck, Melbourne B. Christ, Freiburg W. Kriz, Heidelberg W. Kummer, GieBen E. Marani, Leiden R. Putz, Munchen Y. Sano, Kyoto T. H. Schiebler, Wtirzburg G. C. Schoenwolf, Salt Lake City K. Zilles, Dusseldorf
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
M. von Liidinghausen
The Clinical Anatomy of Coronary Arteries
With 27 Figures and 3 Tables
Springer
Prof. Dr. MICHAEL VON LUDINGHAUSEN Institut fur Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Universităt Wiirzburg, Koellikerstr. 6, 97070 Wiirzburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 0301-5556 ISBN 978-3-540-43689-8 Library of Congress-Cataloging-in-Publication-Data The Clinical Anatomy of Coronary Arteries / M. v. Liidinghausen - Berlin; Heidelberg; New York: Springer, 2003 (Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology; VoI. 167) ISBN 978-3-540-43689-8 ISBN 978-3-642-55807-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-55807-8 This work is subject to copyright. AlI rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, re citation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.1 Aims of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.2 The Cardiac Vascular Systems: The Coronary Arteries and Cardiac Veins . . . . . . .. 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
The Significance of the Proper Vessels of the Human Heart in Statistics and Diagnostics Angiography. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . MR Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ultrafast MR Imaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " Coronary MR Angiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conventional and Ultrafast Computed Tomography (Cardio-CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 3.1 3.2 3.3
Nomenclature.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English and Latin Versions Abbreviations . .
