Left ventricular myocardial bands: MDCT and MR appearance

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-124

  Ho, Mai Lan ^a,b,c   Masand, Prakash ^b   Gutierrez, Fernando R ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

False tendon; Fibromuscular band; Left ventricle; Muscle band; Myocardial band

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FALSE TENDON; FIBROMUSCULAR BAND; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL BAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651085237     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318192d4c1     Document Type: Article

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