Validation and reproducibility of aortic pulse wave velocity as assessed with velocity-encoded MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 521-526

  Grotenhuis, Heynric B ^a,b,c   Westenberg, Jos J M ^a   Steendijk, Paul ^a   Van Der Geest, Rob J ^a   Ottenkamp, Jaap ^a,b,c   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Jukema, J Wouter ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aorta; Coronary artery disease; Elasticity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 69449098356     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21886     Document Type: Article

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