Non-invasive assessment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis in children using cardiac-non-gated CT with 64-slice technology

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 595-599

  Ou, Phalla ^a   Marini, Davide ^a   Celermajer, David S ^b   Agnoletti, Gabriella ^a   Vouhé, Pascal ^a   Sidi, Daniel ^a   Bonnet, Damien ^a   Brunelle, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST AGENT; LEFT ATRIUMS; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; PERIPHERAL INJECTION; PULMONARY VEINS; REFERENCE STANDARD; VENOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PEDIATRICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC NON GATED COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349098484     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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