Utility of triple channel injection of contrast material with mixture of saline, with acquisition in the cephalic direction for arterial trees in the thorax using multislice computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-103

  Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Sato, Hirotaka ^a   Asano, Miki ^a   Nakayama, Takashi ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial trees; Cephalic acquisition; Mixture of saline; Multislice computed tomography; Triple channel injection

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HEAD; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THORACIC ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750523207     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.07.079     Document Type: Article

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