Aortic dissection involving an aberrant right subclavian artery: CT and MR findings

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 918-921

  Kawamoto, Satomi ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a,b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta, dissection; Arteries, abnormalities; Arteries, right subclavian; Computed tomography, spiral; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION;

AORTA, DISSECTION; AORTIC DISSECTIONS; ARTERY, ABNORMALITY; ARTERY, RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL; PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VASCULAR ANOMALIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031726748     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199811000-00015     Document Type: Article

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