Dissection of epiaortic vessels: Clinical appearance and potentiality of imaging techniques;Dissezione dei vasi epiaortici: Clinica e potenzialità delle tecniche di imaging

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 35-46

  Berletti, Riccardo ^a   Cavagna, Enrico ^a   Cimini, Nicola ^a   Moretto, Giuseppe ^a   Schiavon, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional angiography; CT angiography; Internal carotid artery, dissection; MR angiography; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EPIAORTIC VESSEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECANALIZATION; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 1542615253     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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