Assessment of blood flow and valvular heart disease using phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-216

  Dall'Armellina, Erica ^a   Hamilton, Craig A ^b   Hundley, W Gregory ^b,c  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular blood flow; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Heart valve diseases; Phase contrast

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

BYPASS SURGERY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 33846798207     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00377.x     Document Type: Review

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