Positive influence of aging on the occurrence of fat replacement in the right ventricular myocardium determined by multislice-CT in subjects with atherosclerosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-158

  Hori, Yasuhiko ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Uehara, Masae ^a   Ueda, Marehiko ^a   Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Koki ^a   Murayama, Taichi ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Fat replacement; Multislice CT; Right ventricular myocardium

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953287923     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.187     Document Type: Article

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