Imaging, models, and reality: A basis for anatomic-physiologic planning

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-245

  Buckberg, Gerald D ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; EPICARDIUM; GEOMETRY; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 12844269163     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.09.021     Document Type: Editorial

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