Coronary flow evaluation by TIMI frame count and magnetic resonance flow velocity in patients with coronary artery ectasia

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 545-550

  Mavrogeni, Sophie I ^a,d   Manginas, Athanassios ^a   Papadakis, Emmanouil ^a   Douskou, Marouso ^b   Cokkinos, Dimosthenis ^a   Katsiva, Vasiliki ^b   Poussas, Stefanos ^a   Voudris, Vasilios ^a   Giakoumelos, Alexios ^b   Seimenis, Ioannis ^c   Baras, Panagiotis ^c   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b BIOIATRIKI HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Greece)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary ectasia; Flow velocity; Magnetic resonance; TIMI frame count

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; ANATOMY; APPARATUS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS; TIMI FRAME COUNT;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20044393311     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JCMR-200060641     Document Type: Article

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