Successful nitinol stent implantation in a large coronary aneurysm: Post-interventional patency assessment by magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 501-505

  Breuckmann, Frank ^a   Nassenstein, Kai ^b   Boese, Dirk ^a   Opherk, Dieter ^c   Quick, Harald H ^b   Barkhausen, Jörg ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus Bethanien   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coronary MRI; Nitinol; RCA; Stent

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NITINOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DYSPNEA; ENDOLEAK; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EDEMA; HEART FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33745089648     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9058-3     Document Type: Article

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