Right ventricular fat infiltration in asymptomatic subjects: Observations from ECG-gated 16-slice multidetector CT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-28

  Kim, Eunhee ^a   Choe, Yeon Hyeon ^a   Han, Boo Kyung ^a   Kim, Sung Mok ^a   Kim, June Soo ^a   Park, Seung Woo ^a   Sung, Jidong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Dysplasia; Fat; Multidetector computed tomography; Right ventricles

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS;

ARRHYTHMIA; CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY CALCIUM; DYSPLASIA; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; MEAN AGES; OUTFLOW TRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FAT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33846575134     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000236416.05267.6c     Document Type: Article

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