Computed tomography demonstration of lipomatous metaplasia of the left ventricle following myocardial infarction

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-458

  Winer Muram, Helen T ^a,b   Tann, Mark ^a   Aisen, Alex M ^a   Ford, Lincoln ^a   Jennings, S Gregory ^a   Bretz, Robert ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fatty metaplasia; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATTY METAPLASIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOMATOUS METAPLASIA; MALE; METAPLASIA; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3342938287     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200407000-00004     Document Type: Article

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