CT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-264

  Chung, Jonathan H ^a   Ghoshhajra, Brian B ^a   Rojas, Carlos A ^a   Dave, Bhavika R ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Aortic dissection; Aortic transection; CT angiography; Intramural hematoma; MDCT; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTIC DISEASE; AORTIC DISSECTION; AORTIC SINUS; AORTIC SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PENETRATING AORTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRAUMATIC AORTIC TRANSECTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; AORTA DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954743827     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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