Pre-pulseless Takayasu's arteritis: Evaluated with 18F-FDG positron emission tomography and gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 466-469

  Meave, Aloha ^b   Soto, Maria E ^b   Reyes, Pedro A ^b   Cruz, Patricio ^a   Talayero, Jose A ^a   Sierra, Carlos ^a   Alexanderson, Erick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arteritis diagnosis; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 diagnostic use; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance angiography; Radiopharmaceuticals diagnostic use; Takayasu's arteritis diagnosis radiography; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 37749000366     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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