Multidetector computed tomography shows intramyocardial fat deposition

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 152-163

  Raney, Aidan R ^a   Saremi, Farhood ^a   Kenchaiah, Satish ^a   Gurudevan, Swaminatha V ^a   Narula, Jagat ^a   Narula, Navneet ^a   Channual, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARVD, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Myocardial fat; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAMYOCARDIAL FAT DEPOSITION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43849094339     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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