Gradual pulmonary artery enhancement: New sign of septal defects on CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1660-1664

  Tsai, I Chen ^a,b,c   Lee, Tain ^a,b,c   Chen, Min Chi ^a   Fu, Yun Ching ^a,c   Jan, Sheng Lin ^a,b   Tsai, Wei Lin ^a,b,c   Wang, Chung Chi ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Congenital; CT; CT angiography; Pediatric radiology; Septal defects

Indexed keywords

CARDILOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PROPRANOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249875981     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0572     Document Type: Article

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