TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetic resonance imaging for early detection of Takayasu arteritis
AU - Itazawa, T.
AU - Noguchi, K.
AU - Ichida, F.
AU - Miyawaki, T.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The patient was a 15-year-old girl with suspected Takayasu arteritis. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, using the fast low angle shot (FLASH) technique, revealed aneurysmal dilation of the aortic root and irregular thickening of the aortic wall. Three-dimensional (3-D) contrast-enhanced MR angiography successfully demonstrated narrowing of the left carotid and left subclavian arteries. In addition, 2-dimensional (2-D) FLASH MR imaging clearly visualized narrowing of two right renal arteries and the left renal artery. These were angiographically evident. Thus, MR imaging is particularly useful for early detection of subtle arteritic changes and involvement of stenotic lesions in branch vessels in the early phase of Takayasu arteritis.
AB - The patient was a 15-year-old girl with suspected Takayasu arteritis. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, using the fast low angle shot (FLASH) technique, revealed aneurysmal dilation of the aortic root and irregular thickening of the aortic wall. Three-dimensional (3-D) contrast-enhanced MR angiography successfully demonstrated narrowing of the left carotid and left subclavian arteries. In addition, 2-dimensional (2-D) FLASH MR imaging clearly visualized narrowing of two right renal arteries and the left renal artery. These were angiographically evident. Thus, MR imaging is particularly useful for early detection of subtle arteritic changes and involvement of stenotic lesions in branch vessels in the early phase of Takayasu arteritis.
KW - Magnetic resonance angiography
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Takayasu arteritis
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U2 - 10.1007/s002460010187
DO - 10.1007/s002460010187
M3 - 学術論文
C2 - 11178679
AN - SCOPUS:0035121893
SN - 0172-0643
VL - 22
SP - 163
EP - 164
JO - Pediatric Cardiology
JF - Pediatric Cardiology
IS - 2
ER -