Imaging of an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva with transesophageal echocardiography, contrast angiography and MRI

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-41

  Baur, Leo H B ^a   Vliegen, Hubert W ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Hazekamp, Mark ^a   Bootsma, Marianne ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a   Bruschke, Albert V G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VALVE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033998534     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006389116701     Document Type: Article

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