The Adamkiewicz artery: demonstration by intra-arterial computed tomographic angiography

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Nojiri, Junichi ^a   Matsumoto, Koichi ^a   Kato, Akira ^a   Miho, Takahiro ^a   Furukawa, Koujiro ^a   Ohtsubo, Satoshi ^a   Itoh, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kudo, Sho ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Aorta; Aortography; Computed tomographic angiography (CTA); Computed tomography (CT); The artery of Adamkiewicz

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADAMKIEWICZ ARTERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846433123     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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