Evaluation of fluid collection in the pericardial sinuses and recesses: Noncontrast-enhanced electron beam tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 359-365

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Lu, Bin ^b   Mao, Songshou ^a   Bakhsheshi, Hamid ^a   Zhuang, Nan ^b   Liu, Steve C K ^a   French, William J ^a  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography. electron beam; Electron beam tomography; Pericardial sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0034080592     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200006000-00004     Document Type: Article

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