Right ventricular outflow tract imaging with CT and MRI: Part 1, morphology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Saremi, Farhood ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^b   Cabrera, José Angel ^c   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^d  

^a USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Cardiac MRI; Conotruncal anomaly; Right ventricular outflow tract; Tetralogy of fallot

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERIAL TRUNK; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84871866401     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9333     Document Type: Review

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