Thrombus detection in the left atrial appendage using contract-enhanced MRI: A pilot study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Mohrs, Oliver K ^a,b   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Petersen, Steffen E ^c   Welsner, Matthias ^a   Rubel, Christine ^a   Magedanz, Annett ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b   Voigtlaender, Thomas ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial mass; Atrium; MRI; Thrombus; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33644847052     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1504     Document Type: Article

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