Aortic root remodeling: Functional MRI as an accurate tool for complete follow-up

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-273

  Givehchian, M ^a   Kramer, U ^a   Miller, S ^a   Hahn, U ^a   Scheule, A M ^a   Ziemer, G ^a   Aebert, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Aortic root remodeling; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944464573     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865684     Document Type: Article

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