CT imaging features and frequency of left ventricular myocardial fat in patients with CT findings of chronic left ventricular myocardial infarction

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Zafar, H M ^a   Litt, H I ^a   Torigian, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38949127317     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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