Evaluation of 3D blood flow patterns and wall shear stress in the normal and dilated thoracic aorta using flow-sensitive 4D CMR

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bürk, Jonas ^a   Blanke, Philipp ^a   Stankovic, Zoran ^a,c   Barker, Alex ^a,c   Russe, Maximilian ^a   Geiger, Julia ^a   Frydrychowicz, Alex ^b   Langer, Mathias ^a   Markl, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4D flow; Aneurysm of the ascending aorta; Flow quantification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870864670     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-14-84     Document Type: Article

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