Evaluation of mechanical heart valve size and function with ECG-gated 64-MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  LaBounty, Troy M ^a   Agarwal, Prachi P ^b   Chughtai, Aamer ^b   Bach, David S ^b   Wizauer, Eric ^b   Kazerooni, Ella A ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CINEFLUOROGRAPHY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449481805     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2178     Document Type: Article

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