title: [Imaging of the aorta].
abstract: Imaging of the aorta has greatly been improved by the recent development of helical computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. This report develops typical features of variety of aortic diseases including dissections, aneurysms, aortic rupture, non aneurismal atherosclerotic diseases, arteritis, aortic coarctation and postoperative aorta. The place for the different imaging modalities is discussed according to the disease involved.
authors.affiliation: Service central de radiologie Centre hospitalier universitaire Hôpital de Rangueil 31403 Toulouse.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chemla
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Otal
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chabbert
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Joffre
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed