MR imaging of the coronary vasculature: Imaging the lumen, wall, and beyond

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 345-353

  Lin, Kai ^a   Carr, James C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Noninvasive

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR REMODELING; AGED; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84961365835     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2014.11.003     Document Type: Review

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