Atherosclerotic disease distribution in carotid and vertebrobasilar arteries: Clinical experience in 100 patients undergoing fluoro-triggered 3D Gd-MRA

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 545-558

  Ersoy, Hale ^a   Watts, Richard ^a   Sanelli, Pina ^a   Zimmerman, Robert D ^a   Kent, K Craig ^a   Bush, Harry L ^a   Prince, Martin R ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Contrast media; Distribution; Magnetic resonance angiography; Vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0038640489     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10288     Document Type: Article

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