Diagnostic value of gadolinium-enhanced 3D magnetic resonance angiography in patients with suspected hepatic arterial complications after liver transplantation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-471

  Ishigami, Kousei ^a,b   Stolpen, Alan H ^a   Hanna Al Kass, Faraj M ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Rayhill, Stephen C ^a   Katz, Daniel A ^a   Abu Yousef, Monzer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Hepatic artery stenosis; Hepatic artery thrombosis; Liver transplantation; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; GRADING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY IMAGES; ARTERY STENOSIS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; GADOLINIA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC ARTERY STENOSE; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

GADOLINIUM;

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CELIAC ARTERY STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 23044473185     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000164258.52212.4c     Document Type: Review

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