4D flow magnetic resonance imaging in bicuspid aortic valve disease demonstrates altered distribution of aortic blood flow helicity

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1542-1553

  Lorenz, R ^a   Bock, J ^a   Barker, A J ^a,b   Von Knobelsdorff Brenkenhoff, F ^c   Wallis, W ^a   Korvink, J G ^d   Bissell, M M ^e   Schulz Menger, J ^c   Markl, M ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Experimental and Clinical Research Center   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; aortic valve disease; bicuspid aortic valve; blood flow helicity; helicity quantification

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVES; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES; HELICITIES; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; INTRAOBSERVER AGREEMENT; OBSERVER VARIABILITY; TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW HELICITY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SYSTOLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE DISEASE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW HELICITY; HELICITY QUANTIFICATION;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896549333     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24802     Document Type: Article

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