Assessment of coronary artery aneurysms in paediatric patients with kawasaki disease by multidetector row CT angiography: Feasibility and comparison with 2D echocardiography

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1148-1153

  Chu, Winnie C W ^a   Mok, Geoffrey C F ^b   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Yam, Man Ching ^b   Sung, Rita Y T ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Children; Coronary artery; Kawasaki disease; MDCT angiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547864837     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0281-4     Document Type: Article

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