Functional and molecular imaging techniques in aortic aneurysm disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 609-618

  Hope, Michael D ^a   Hope, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; aorta; functional imaging; hemodynamic imaging; molecular imaging

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD FLOW; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; WALL STRESS;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84886098891     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e3283644beb     Document Type: Review

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