Imaging features of intramural hematoma of the aorta

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-76

  Buckley, Orla ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a   Gerson, David S ^a   Huether, Colleen ^a   Prior, Richard F ^a   Powers, Sara L ^a   Ersoy, Hale ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute aortic syndrome; Aortitis; Computed tomography; Intramural hematoma; Magnetic resnonance angiography; Penetrating ulcer

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULCER;

AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449085782     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9504-8     Document Type: Review

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