Computed Tomographic Findings of Syphilitic Aortitis

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-181

  Kimura, Fumiko ^a,b   Satoh, Hideyuki ^a   Sakai, Fumikazu ^a   Nishii, Noriko ^a   Tohda, Joe ^a   Fujimura, Mikihiko ^a   Haruta, Shoji ^a   Yamazaki, Kenji ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a   Sakomura, Yasunari ^a   Kurosama, Hiromi ^a   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Computed tomography (CT); Syphilis; Takayasu arteritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA WALL; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; SYPHILITIC AORTITIS; THORACIC AORTA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; AORTOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2342652972     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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