MDCT evaluation of the prevalence of tracheomalacia in children with mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 258-265

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Waltz, David A ^a   Mason, Keira P ^a   Riaz, Farhana ^a   Ralph, Amy ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; MDCT; Mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOMALACIA; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 57749181357     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31817fbdf7     Document Type: Article

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