Ventricular myocardial fat: CT findings and clinical correlates

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-135

  Jacobi, Adam H ^a   Gohari, Arash ^a,b   Zalta, Benjamin ^a,c   Stein, Marjorie W ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrythmogenic right ventricular; Computed tomography (CT); Fat; Heart; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249869809     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213576.39774.68     Document Type: Article

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