Valsalva sinus aneurysms: Findings at CT and MR imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-110

  Bricker, Aliye Ozsoyoglu ^a   Avutu, Bindu ^a   Mohammed, Tan Lucien H ^a   Williamson, Eric E ^a   Syed, Imran S ^a   Julsrud, Paul R ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Kirsch, Jacobo ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950147428     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.301095719     Document Type: Article

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