Focal compression of the upper left thoracic intersegmental arteries as a potential cause of spinal cord ischemia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1226-1231

  Gailloud, Philippe ^a   Ponti, A ^a,b   Gregg, L ^a   Pardo, C A ^a   Fasel, J H D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX WALL; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER LEFT THORACIC INTERSEGMENTAL ARTERY COMPRESSION; VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; THORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902342340     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3833     Document Type: Article

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