International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 3 , Pages 312-316 , 1 September 2005

Usefulness of MRI in the follow-up of patients with repaired aortic coarctation and bicuspid aortic valve

  • Jean-Pierre Quenot

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital d'enfants et Centre de Cardiologie Clinique et Interventionnelle, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Christophe Boichot

      Affiliations

    • Service d'IRM, Hôpital d'enfants, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Annie Petit

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital d'enfants et Centre de Cardiologie Clinique et Interventionnelle, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Sylvie Falcon-Eicher

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital d'enfants et Centre de Cardiologie Clinique et Interventionnelle, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Philippe d'Athis

      Affiliations

    • Service de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale et Département d'Information Médicale, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Caroline Bonnet

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital d'enfants et Centre de Cardiologie Clinique et Interventionnelle, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Eric Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital d'enfants et Centre de Cardiologie Clinique et Interventionnelle, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Pierre Louis

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital d'enfants et Centre de Cardiologie Clinique et Interventionnelle, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • François Brunotte

      Affiliations

    • Service d'IRM, Hôpital d'enfants, Dijon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Unité d'IRM, Hôpital d'enfants, 2, Bd Maréchal de Lattre-de-Tassigny, 21 034 Dijon cedex, France. Tel.: +33 03 80 73 75 22; fax: +33 03 80 73 77 32.

Received 22 January 2004 ,Revised 25 May 2004 ,Accepted 4 September 2004.

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PII: S0167-5273(05)00101-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.09.006

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 3 , Pages 312-316 , 1 September 2005

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