Evaluation of Takayasu arteritis activity by delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 262-267

  Jiang, Lindi ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Yan, Fuhua ^a   Dai, Xiaomin ^a   Li, Yinliang ^a   Ma, Lili ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disease activity; MR imaging; Takayasu arteritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FIBRINOGEN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELAYED CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE RATE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857062035     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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