Preoperative evaluation in aortic endocarditis: Findings on cardiac CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 574-578

  Gahide, Gérald ^a   Bommart, Sebastien ^a   Demaria, Roland ^a   Sportouch, Catherine ^a   Dambia, Hilaire ^a   Albat, Bernard ^a   Vernhet Kovacsik, Hélène ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute endocarditis; Aortic valve pseudoaneurysm; Cardiac surgery; CT

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749283774     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2120     Document Type: Article

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