Ventricular diverticula on cardiac CT: More common than previously thought

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 204-208

  Srichai, Monvadi B ^a   Hecht, Elizabeth M ^a   Kim, Danny C ^a   Jacobs, Jill E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Heart; MDCT angiography; Ventricular diverticula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34250840044     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1223     Document Type: Article

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