Left ventricular noncompaction in an infant: Use of non-ECG-gated cardiac CT

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-220

  Goo, Hyun Woo ^a   Park, In Sook ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Congenital heart disease; Infant; Multidetector CT; Ventricular noncompaction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATALITY; FEVER; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE NONCOMPACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846223408     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0360-6     Document Type: Article

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