Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 5 , Pages 346-347 , September 2009

Volume-rendering and endocardial views of partially unroofed coronary sinus with 64-slice multidetector CT

  • Noriko Oyama, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
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  • Tomonori Ooka, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
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  • Tsukasa Sasaki, RT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
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  • Suguru Kubota, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
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  • Yuya Onodera, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
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  • Yoshiro Matsui, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
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  • Satoshi Terae, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan
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  • Hiroki Shirato, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan

Received 22 January 2009 ,Accepted 20 May 2009.

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

PII: S1934-5925(09)00266-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.05.017

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 5 , Pages 346-347 , September 2009

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