Coronary magnetic resonance imaging: Current state-of-the-art

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 345-353

  Appelbaum, Evan ^a   Botnar, René M ^a   Yeon, Susan B ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous coronary arteries; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Coronary arteries; Coronary artery aneurysm; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery imaging; Kawasaki disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BREATHING; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS;

EID: 28944452805     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200509000-00003     Document Type: Review

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