Radiologic anatomy of the right adrenal vein: Preliminary experience with MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-408

  Matsuura, Tomonori ^a   Takase, Kei ^a   Ota, Hideki ^a   Yamada, Takayuki ^a   Sato, Akihiro ^a   Satoh, Fumitoshi ^a   Takahashi, Shoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenal venous sampling; Aldosteronism; Anatomy; CT; Right adrenal vein

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SUPRARENAL VEIN; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 49149130099     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3338     Document Type: Article

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