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Coronary Artery Anomalies

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Coronary artery anomalies are a common finding on CT coronary angiography. The incidence of congenital coronary artery anomaly traditionally has been quoted as between 0.3% and 1% [1], but the true incidence may well be higher, as conventional angiography identifies only half of the coronary anomalies identified by multidetector CT (MDCT) [2].

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Nicol, E.D., Padley, S.P. (2018). Coronary Artery Anomalies. In: Budoff, M., Achenbach, S., Hecht, H., Narula, J. (eds) Atlas of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7357-1_16

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