Three-Dimensional Spiral Computed Tomography Angiography as an Alternative Imaging Modality for a Silent Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report

Angiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1067-1071

  Saku, Keijiro ^a,a   Takeda, Yukiko ^a   Nii, Takanobu ^a   Shirai, Kazuyuki ^a   Okabe, Masanori ^a   Ohta, Takao ^a,b   Arakawa, Kikuo ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030725014     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704801208     Document Type: Article

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