Thoracic aortic graft: Comparison of contrast-enhanced MR angiography and CT angiography in the follow-up: Initial results

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1628-1634

  Weigel, Stefanie ^a   Tombach, Bernd ^a   Maintz, David ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^a   Vestring, Thomas ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Fischbach, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced MR angiography; Multislice CT angiography; Thoracic aortic aneurysm; Thoracic stent graft

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL; IOPROMIDE; NITINOL; ALLOY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; IOHEXOL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ALLOYS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038605976     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1832-9     Document Type: Article

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