MR angiography of the lower extremities

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1675-1684

  Ersoy, Hale ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; MR angiography; MR angiography techniques; Peripheral artery; Popliteal artery; Unenhanced MR angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FERUMOXYTOL; GADOFOSVESET; GADOLINIUM; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

AMPUTATION; ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOOT; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 44849140711     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2223     Document Type: Review

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