Multidetector-row CT evaluation of nontraumatic acute thoracic aortic syndromes;La tomografia computerizzata multistrato nella diagnosi delle sindromi aortiche toraciche acute non traumatiche

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Romano, L ^a   Pinto, A ^a,b   Gagliardi, N ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute thoracic aortic syndromes; Aortic dissection; Intramural haematoma; Multidetector row CT; Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847643652     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-007-0116-x     Document Type: Article

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