Athanasios Koutsoukis1, Xavier Halna du Fretay2, Patrick Dupouy3, Phalla Ou4, Jean-Pierre Laissy4, Jean-Michel Juliard5, Fabien Hyafil6, Pierre Aubry5
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.6, pp. 726-732, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12504
Abstract Objective: The diagnosis of anomalous connections of the coronary arteries (ANOCOR) requires
an appropriate identification for the management of the patients involved. We studied the
observer variability in the description and classification of ANOCOR between a nonexpert group
of physicians and a group of expert physicians, using the ANOCOR cohort.
Patients and design: Consecutive patients identified by 71 referring cardiologists were included
in the ANOCOR cohort. Anomalous connection was diagnosed by invasive and/or computed
tomography coronary angiography. Angiographic images were reviewed by an angiographic committee with experience in this field. Both investigators and angiographic committee filled out a
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