Noninvasive imaging approaches to evaluate the patient with known or suspected aortic disease

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 499-506

  Nienaber, Christoph A ^a   Kische, Stephan ^a   Skriabina, Valeria ^a   Ince, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 73449142215     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.850206     Document Type: Review

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