Open AccessCoronary artery anatomy in peri-crux cordis area on computed coronary tomography angiography
Author(s) -
Min Xu,
Jinmei Liu,
Yang He,
Xiangjun Yang,
Yonggang Li,
Chang Liu,
Xin Zhao,
Chao Wei,
Haipeng Wang,
Jihe Zhu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.02.16
Subject(s) - medicine , right coronary artery , peri , myocardial bridge , cardiology , artery , coronary arteries , coronary angiography , radiology , anatomy , myocardial infarction
The peri-crux area is an anatomical structure of the heart. Unfortunately, important information on this area mainly derives from autopsy heart with a small, under-representative sample size, resulting in limited clinical applications. Furthermore, little has been done to standardize the definition of the peri-crux area on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) images or to investigate coronary artery anatomy wherein potential values are attracting experienced inventional cardiologists in terms of the revascularization strategies. The current study aimed to identify the peri-crux cordis area and to observe coronary artery anatomical distributions in this area on CCTA.