The Role of Multimodality Imaging in the Evaluation of Takayasu Arteritis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 401-412

  Mavrogeni, Sophie ^a   Dimitroulas, Theodoros ^b   Chatziioannou, Sofia N ^c   Kitas, George ^d  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALGORITHM; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 84873726214     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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