Coarctation of the abdominal aorta: Demonstration of a rare anomaly using contrast-enhanced MR-angiography

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-71

  Schubert, Roberto ^a  

^a Radiologie am Europacenter ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Coarctation; Contrast enhanced MR angiography

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEMODYNAMICS; KIDNEY VEIN; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC COARCTATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; RENAL VEINS;

EID: 71049119889     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.38.1.66     Document Type: Article

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