Follow-up of adults with coarctation of the aorta: Comparison of helical CT and MRI, and impact on assessing diameter changes

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Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1169-1176

  Hager, Alfred ^a   Kaemmerer, Harald ^a   Leppert, Andreas ^b   Prokop, Matthias ^c   Blücher, Sebastian ^a   Stern, Heiko ^a   Hess, John ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Helical CT; MRI; Thoracic aorta; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 6344282602     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.4.1169     Document Type: Article

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