[Magnetic resonance tomography of a thoracic aortic aneurysm].
The results of magnetic resonance imaging in 16 patients with non-dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta are presented. Scans with ECG-gated spin-echo sequences in transversal, coronal, and left anterior oblique views demonstrated the size and extent of the aneurysms. Measurements of the maximum aneurysmal diameter differed by less than 5 mm from measurements obtained with computed tomography. In 6 of 7 patients with presence of wall adherent intraluminal signal, phase images were able to differentiate accurately between mural thrombus and slow blood flow.
Spielmann
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Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg.
Sehlz
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Schofer
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Witte
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Heller
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
Kernspintomographie des thorakalen Aortenaneurysmas.