-Heart in an eggshell- Eggshell appearance calcified constrictive pericarditis demonstrated by three-dimensional images of multislice computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-272

  Kameda, Yoshihito ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Kawakubo, Miyuki ^a   Uehara, Masae ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshio ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcified constrictive pericarditis; Eggshell appearance; Multislice computed tomography; Three dimensional images

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; EGGSHELL APPEARANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PERICARDIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447281706     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.188     Document Type: Article

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