Diagnostic value of the flow profile in the distal descending aorta by phase-contrast magnetic resonance for predicting severe coarctation of the aorta

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1440-1446

  Muzzarelli, Stefano ^a,b   Ordovas, Karen Gomes ^a   Hope, Michael D ^a   Meadows, Jeffery J ^a   Higgins, Charles B ^a   Meadows, Alison Knauth ^a  

^a University of Californias   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

coarctation of the aorta; flow; phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STENTS;

EID: 79958294867     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22566     Document Type: Article

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