Preoperative MRA assessment of the coronary arteries in an ascending aortic aneurysm

Authors
Holland, AE Barentsz, JO Skotnicki, S Ruijs, SHJ Goldfarb, JW
Citation
Ae. Holland et al., Preoperative MRA assessment of the coronary arteries in an ascending aortic aneurysm, J MAGN R I, 11(3), 2000, pp. 324-326
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging
Journal title
JMRI-JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
ISSN journal
10531807 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
324 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-1807(200003)11:3<324:PMAOTC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
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.