Coronary artery abnormalities in CREST syndrome revealed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance Imaging

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390.e5-390.e7

  Mavrogeni, Sophie ^a   Bratis, Costas ^a   Manoussakis, Menelaos ^b  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME CREST;

EID: 79960839341     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2010.12.052     Document Type: Article

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