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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

  2. CharitéCentrum 06 für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Institut für Radiologie, CCM, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    M. Grigoryev & M. Dewey

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

    G. Lund & G. Adam

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Begemann, P.G.C., Grigoryev, M., Lund, G., Adam, G., Dewey, M. (2011). Coronary Artery Anomalies. In: Cardiac CT. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14022-8_20

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