Acute aortic syndromes: Role of multi-detector row CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-358

  Salvolini, Luca ^a   Renda, Pietro ^a   Fiore, Davide ^b   Scaglione, Mariano ^c   Piccoli, GianPiero ^d   Giovagnoni, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute thoracic aortic syndromes; Aortic dissection; Intramural hematoma; Penetrating aortic ulcer; Thoracic aortic aneurysms; Traumatic rupture of aorta

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; DISEASES;

ACUTE THORACIC AORTIC SYNDROMES; AORTIC DISSECTION; INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA; PENETRATING AORTIC ULCER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; ULCER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39649105062     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.09.020     Document Type: Article

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