Normal perfusion of the left ventricular myocardium using 320 MDCT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 406-411

  Crossett, Marcus Peter ^a   Schneider Kolsky, Mical ^b   Troupis, John ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Density; Myocardium; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VICTORIA;

EID: 82955189763     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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