CT and MRI in diseases of the aorta

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 928-940

  Litmanovich, Diana ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Cantin, Luce ^a   Raptopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Intramural hematoma; MDCT; MRI; Penetrating aortic ulcer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGING; ANATOMY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTODUODENAL FISTULA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC MEDIAN NECROSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING AORTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349671366     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2166     Document Type: Review

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