Post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging provides the diagnosis following aortic rupture in an infant with treated aortic interruption

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-83

  Taylor, Andrew M ^a   Jones, Rod ^a   Derrick, Graham ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiac disease; Great vessels; Necroscopy; Non invasive imaging

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESUSCITATION; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 32044451078     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105002143     Document Type: Article

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