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Figure 2


Figure 2 Examples of Artifacts Due to Hypertrophic Cardiac Venous System Interference

Volume rendering reconstruction of coronary tree: great cardiac vein (GCV) and its branches hide proximal (left) and middle-distal segment (right) of LCX. Middle cardiac vein (MCV) hides posterior descending artery (right). CS = coronary sinus; PD = posterior descending artery; PV = posterior vein; other abbreviations as in Figure 1.