Complete left pericardial defect: Evaluation with supine and decubitus dual source CT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 417-419

  Hoey, Edward T D ^a   Yap, Ki Sing ^a   Darby, Michael J ^a   Mankad, Kshitij ^a   Puppala, Sapna ^a   Sivananthan, Mohan U ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71849095528     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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