More accurate quantification of pulmonary blood flow by magnetic resonance imaging than by lung perfusion scintigraphy in patients with fontan circulation

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1510-1513

  Fratz, Sohrab ^a   Hess, John ^a   Schwaiger, Markus ^a   Martinoff, Stefan ^a   Stern, Heiko C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fontan procedure; Lung; Magnetic resonance imaging; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE VELOCITY MRI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERFUSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037126008     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000029103.26029.1E     Document Type: Article

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