Contrast material-enhanced MRA overestimates severity of carotid stenosis, compared with 3D time-of-flight MRA

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-40

  Townsend, Tiffany C ^a,b   Saloner, David ^a,b   Pan, Xian Mang ^a,b   Rapp, Joseph H ^a,b,c  

^a San Francisco VA Medical Center ^*

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038785774     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00332-X     Document Type: Article

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