Gated cardiac imaging of the aortic valve on 64-slice multidetector row computed tomography: Preliminary observations

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-446

  Pannu, Harpreet K ^a,c   Jacobs, Jill E ^b   Lai, Shenghan ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; HEART; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

AORTIC VALVES; CARDIAC CYCLES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; GATED CARDIAC IMAGING; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDIES; VALVE CALCIFICATION; VALVE LEAFLETS; VALVE MOTION;

VISUALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 33745229228     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200605000-00015     Document Type: Review

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