State-of-the-Art Computed Tomography Angiography of Acute Aortic Syndrome

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-234

  Chin, Anne S ^a   Fleischmann, Dominik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC GATING; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIMITED INTIMAL TEAR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING ATHEROSCLEROTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYPE A AORTA DISSECTION; TYPE B AORTA DISSECTION;

AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861370554     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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