Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 180-181 , May 2009

Multidetector CT angiography in spontaneous popliteal artery dissection

  • Aysel Türkvatan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Kızılay Street, Number 4, 06100, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Dilek Altınsoy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Kızılay Street, Number 4, 06100, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Şeref Küçüker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Kızılay Street, Number 4, 06100, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Turhan Cumhur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Kızılay Street, Number 4, 06100, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey

Received 27 December 2008 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00132-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.03.002

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 180-181 , May 2009

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