title: Preoperative MRA assessment of the coronary arteries in an ascending aortic aneurysm.
abstract: We present a patient with an aneurysm that included both the aortic root and the ascending aorta. Visualization of the coronary arteries by x-ray angiography was not technically feasible. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) was thus performed and allowed an accurate evaluation of the involvement of the coronary arteries in the aneurysm and the patency of the proximal coronaries, as well as visualization of the aneurysm itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Netherlands. agnes_holland@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Barentsz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skotnicki
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ruijs
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery