Assessment of Chronic Aortic Dissection: Contribution of Different ECG-Gated Breath-Hold MRI Techniques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1319-1326

  Kunz, R Peter ^a   Oberholzer, Katja ^a   Kuroczynski, Wlodzimierz ^a   Horstick, Georg ^a   Krummenauer, Frank ^a   Thelen, Manfred ^a   Kreitner, Karl Friedrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 1942437370     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.5.1821319     Document Type: Article

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