CT detection of subendocardial fat in myocardial infarction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-537

  Sung, Soo Ahn ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Hur, Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Tae, Hoon Kim ^a   Kyu, Ok Choe ^a   Choi, Byoung Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Coronary arteries; CT; Heart disease; Myocardial fat; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SEX RATIO; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59349092715     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1608     Document Type: Article

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