Assessment of left atrial volumes and function in orthotopic heart transplant recipients by dual-source CT: Comparison with MRI

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-76

  Bastarrika, Gorka ^a   Zudaire, Beatriz ^a   Ferreira, Mónica ^a   Arraiza, María ^a   Sáiz Mendiguren, Ramón ^a   Rábago, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Function; Heart transplantation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 74949089253     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181c4f535     Document Type: Article

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