Clinical feasibility of free-breathing, gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for assessing extracardiac thoracic vascular abnormalities in young children with congenital heart diseases

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ko, Sheung Fat ^a   Liang, Chi Di ^a   Huang, Chung Cheng ^a   Ng, Shu Hang ^a   Hsieh, Ming Jang ^a   Chang, Jen Pin ^a   Chen, Min Chi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ANALYSIS; AORTA ANOMALY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 33750055753     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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