Detection of pericardial inflammation with late-enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: Initial results

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-574

  Taylor, Andrew M ^a,b   Dymarkowski, Steven ^b   Verbeken, Eric K ^b   Bogaert, Jan ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646746968     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0025-0     Document Type: Article

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