Three-dimensional gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography used as a "one-stop shop" imaging procedure for venous thromboembolism: A pilot study

Angiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-430

  Obernosterer, Andrea ^a,b   Aschauer, Manuela ^a,b   Portugaller, Horst ^a,b   Köppel, Herwig ^a,b   Lipp, Rainer W ^a,b  

^a Karl Franzens University Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 22844441240     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970505600410     Document Type: Article

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