Gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography versus conventional digital subtraction angiography: Which modality is superior in evaluating living kidney donors?

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1000-1002

  Giessing, Markus ^a   Kroencke, Thomas J ^a   Taupitz, Matthias ^a   Feldmann, Claudia ^a   Deger, Serdar ^a   Turk, Ingolf ^a   Budde, Klemens ^a   Ebeling, Volko ^a   Schoenberger, Bernd ^a   Loening, Stefan A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141656222     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000084307.39680.7D     Document Type: Article

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