Left ventricular apical thinning as normal anatomy

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-337

  Johnson, Kevin M ^a   Johnson, Hilary E ^a,b   Dowe, David A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c and Cape May Court House   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Left ventricle; Myocardial hypertrophy; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHIES; MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY; MYOCARDIUM; NORMAL ANATOMY; THINNINGS; VENTRICULAR APEX;

HEART;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE APICAL THINNING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649085799     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181870356     Document Type: Article

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