The role of imaging in acute aortic syndromes

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-23

  Nienaber, Christoph A ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; CT angiography; Diagnostic algorithm; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; D DIMER; GADOLINIUM; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA MEDIA; AORTA RUPTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871253065     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes215     Document Type: Review

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