Comparison of methods to measure heart size using noncontrast-enhanced computed tomography: Correlation with left ventricular mass

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 934-941

  Daniel, Kurt R ^a   Bertoni, Alain G ^a   Ding, Jingzhong ^a   Johnston, Sara ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^c   Bluemke, David A ^d   Carr, J Jeffrey ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Harbor UCLA Res and Educ Institute   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Methods

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES;

CARDIAC-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; COMPARISON OF METHODS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHIES; LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS; METHOD;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NON CONTRAST ENHANCED CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPSON RULE METHOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 62149133116     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318159a49e     Document Type: Article

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