title: Diseases of the aorta.
abstract: The medical community has begun to realize the complexity of aortic pathology in vivo and its often iridescent and ambiguous clinical presentation. Diagnostic modalities such as transesophageal echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography have all been shown to be useful to investigate the aorta, both in chronic disease and in acute aortic syndromes. This article focuses on the possibilities and emerging advantages of magnetic resonance imaging with respect to a spectrum of aortic pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nienaber
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: von Kodolitsch
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity