Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: Increased uptake on FDG PET

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 339-342

  Fan, Chieh Min ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^a   Kwek, Boon Man ^a,b   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Aquino, Suzanne L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IOXILAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM LIPOMA; HEART CYCLE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 11144337484     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840339     Document Type: Article

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