First experience of imaging large vessel vasculitis with fully integrated positron emission tomography/MRI

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1117-1118

  Einspieler, Ingo ^a   Thürmel, Klaus ^a   Eiber, Matthias ^a   Essler, Markus ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRARENAL LARGE VESSEL VASCULITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892145615     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000778     Document Type: Note

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