Congenital diseases of the thoracic aorta. Role of MRI and MRA

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 676-684

  Russo, Vincenzo ^a   Renzulli, Matteo ^a   La Palombara, Cesare ^a   Fattori, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital disease; Magnetic resonance; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA FLOW; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR RING;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33746632999     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0027-y     Document Type: Article

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