Magnetic resonance blood flow measurements in the follow-up of pediatric patients with aortic coarctation - A re-evaluation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-298

  Eichhorn, Joachim G ^a   Fink, Christian ^b   Delorme, Stefan ^b   Hagl, Siegfried ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b   Ulmer, Herbert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Bernoulli; Flow profiles; Phase contrast MRI; Pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 33750700051     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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