We present a patient with an aneurysm that included both the aortic root an
d the ascending aorta. Visualization of the coronary arteries by x-ray angi
ography 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 coro
naries, as well as visualization of the aneurysm itself, (C) 2000 Wiley-Lis
s, Inc.