Visualization of the azygos arch valves on multidetector-row computed tomography

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-123

  Ichikawa, Tamaki ^a   Endo, Jun ^a   Koizumi, Jun ^a   Ro, Ayako ^a,b   Kobayashi, Makiko ^a   Saito, Midori ^a   Kawada, Shuichi ^a   Hashimoto, Takeshi ^a   Imai, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azygos arch; Azygos arch valve; Contrast material; Contrast enhanced computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AZYGOS VEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS VALVES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 41849107550     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-007-1009-6     Document Type: Article

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