Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: Diagnosis by cine magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-219

  Frances, Craig D ^a   Shlipak, Michael G ^a,b   Grady, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

False aneurysm; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033496678     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006975     Document Type: Article

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