Imaging the whole body atherosclerosis: High resolution magnetic resonance angiography using blood-pool agent. Initial clinical experience;Whole body imaging nell'aterosclerosi: Angiografia con risonanza magnetica ad alta risoluzione e mezzo di contrasto intravascolare. Esperienza clinica preliminare

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-301

  Napoli, A ^a   Catalano, C ^a   Anzidei, M ^a   Lanciotti, K ^a   Calabrese, F A ^a   Marincola, B Cavallo ^a   Zini, C ^a   Di Paolo, P L ^a   Kyventidis, T ^a   Passariello, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis, diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOFOSVESET; MS 235; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; STENOSIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34447506511     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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