Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 482-488 , August 2007

Morphologic and Topologic Characteristics of Coronary Venous System Delineated by Noninvasive Multidetector Computed Tomography in Chronic Systolic Heart Failure Patients

  • Jien-Jiun Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Wen-Jeng Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Yi-Chih Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Chia-Ti Tsai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Ling-Ping Lai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Juey-Jen Hwang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Jiunn-Lee Lin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jiunn-Lee Lin, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Received 21 December 2006 ,Revised 16 February 2007 ,Accepted 17 February 2007.

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PII: S1071-9164(07)00067-X

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.02.007

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 482-488 , August 2007

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