Imaging of aortic dissection by helical computed tomography (CT)

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1999-2008

  Willoteaux, Serge ^a   Lions, Christophe ^a   Gaxotte, Virginia ^a   Negaiwi, Ziad ^a   Beregi, J P ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute aortic lesion; Aorta; Aortic dissection; Intimal flap; Multi slice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 8344222888     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2441-y     Document Type: Review

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