A case with noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium detected by 64-slice multidetector computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-40

  Ito, Hiroki ^a   Dajani, Khaled A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

64 slice multidetector computed tomography; Cardiac imaging; Noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 62749142586     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31818965f1     Document Type: Article

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