Recent advances in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 635-642

  Taylor, Andrew M ^a   Pennell, Dudley J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TIME;

EID: 0029824152     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199611000-00013     Document Type: Review

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