Right ventricle function assessment by MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Dupont, Michaël V M ^a   Drǎgean, Cristina A ^b   Coche, Emmanuel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Cardiothoracic imaging; Cor pulmonale; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRICUSPID VALVE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 78650821093     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3801     Document Type: Review

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