Assessment of coronary artery disease by post-mortem cardiac MR

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2208-2214

  Ruder, Thomas D ^a,b   Bauer Kreutz, Regula ^a   Ampanozi, Garyfalia ^b   Rosskopf, Andrea B ^c   Pilgrim, Thomas M ^d   Weber, Oliver M ^e   Thali, Michael J ^b   Hatch, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e Siemens Schweiz AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Chemical shift artifact; Coronary artery disease; Minimally invasive autopsy; Post mortem magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHEMICAL SHIFT ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR PATENCY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864643448     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.042     Document Type: Article

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