Influence of applying nitroglycerin in whole-heart free-breathing 3D coronary MR angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 927-932

  Jin, Hang ^a   Zeng, Meng Su ^a   Ge, Mei Ying ^a   Ma, Jian Ying ^a   Chen, Cai Zhong ^a   Shen, Ji Zhang ^a   Li, Ren Chen ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary vasodilation; Free breathing; MR angiography; MRI; Nitroglycerin; Whole heart

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77950617974     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3330     Document Type: Article

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