Coronary magnetic resonance imaging: Current status

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 275-333

  Manning, Warren J ^a   Stuber, Matthias ^a   Danias, Peter G ^a   Botnar, René M ^a   Yeon, Susan B ^a   Aepfelbacher, Franz C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036656711     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mcd.2002.126073     Document Type: Review

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