| Title: | Magnetic resonance of the thoracic aortic disease |
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| Authors: | ID Berden, Pavel (Author) |
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| Files: |  PDF - Presentation file, download (593,75 KB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.02 - Review Article |
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| Organization: |  OI - Institute of Oncology
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| Abstract: | Conventional ECG gated spin-echo (SE) magnetic resonance imaging (MR) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) are excellent methods for diagnosing thoracic aortic disease. SE image provides a good spatial resolution for defining aortic anatomy and relationships to adjacent tissues. MRA shows flow but temporal resolution is inferior to conventional MR images. Contrast-enhanced 3D (three-dimensional) MRA is very accurate for defining thoracic aortic anatomy and is particularly good for defining branch vessel abnormality. The sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing aortic dissection are the highest in comparison to other modalities (echocardiography, CT angiography) and range from 95% to 100% and 94% to 100%, respectively. MR can define clearly the full diameter of aortic aneurysm and also shows the amount of thrombi within it and its craniocaudal extent. A combination of SE and cineMRA is usually necessary. The same sequence with contrast enhancement provides all the required information on the congenital abnormalities of the aorta. MR is very reliable in congenital aortic abnormalities, aortic aneurysmand aortic dissection in hemodynamically stable patients. It should beused for all chronic thoracic aortic disease and postsurgical follow-up. Unstable patients that need intensive hemodynamic monitoring are unsuitable for MR. |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2000 |
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| Publisher: | Slovenian Medical Association - Slovenian Association of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Society, Slovenian Society far Radiotherapy and Oncology, and Slovenian Cancer Society |
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| Year of publishing: | 2000 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 159-164 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 34, št. 2 |
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| Source: | Ljubljana |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-17954  |
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| UDC: | 616.1 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-2099 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 11711449 |
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| Copyright: | by Authors |
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| Note: | BSDOCID53027;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 24.01.2024 |
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