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World J Radiol. Jul 28, 2014; 6(7): 399-408
Published online Jul 28, 2014. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i7.399
Published online Jul 28, 2014. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i7.399
Coronary venous system in cardiac computer tomography: Visualization, classification and role
Rafal Mlynarski, Agnieszka Mlynarska, Maciej Sosnowski, Unit of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Medical University of Silesia, Upper-Silesian Cardiology Center, Katowice 40-635, Poland
Rafal Mlynarski, Agnieszka Mlynarska, Department of Electrocardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Upper-Silesian Cardiology Center, Katowice 40-635, Poland
Maciej Sosnowski, 2nd Chair and Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Upper-Silesian Cardiology Center, Katowice 40-635, Poland
Author contributions: All authors who wrote this paper had substantial contribution to conception and design and final approval of the version to be published.
Correspondence to: Rafal Mlynarski, MD, PhD, Department of Electrocardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Upper-Silesian Cardiology Center, ul. Ziolowa 45/47, Katowice 40-635, Poland. rafal_mlynarski@mp.pl
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Received: December 31, 2013
Revised: February 28, 2014
Accepted: May 16, 2014
Published online: July 28, 2014
Revised: February 28, 2014
Accepted: May 16, 2014
Published online: July 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: In the article role of the analysis of coronary venous system in cardiac computed tomography (CT) was presented. In the last 20 years, a few percutaneous cardiology techniques in which the anatomy of the coronary venous system was significant were developed and are in use. The description of the selected anatomical structures in CT is useful in selected cases such as, for example, the obstruction of selected coronary veins, a huge Thebesian valve, etc.