Apical-sparing variant of stress cardiomyopathy: Integrative analysis with multidetector row cardiac computed tomography in dual-energy mode

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-142

  Kim, Sung Taek ^a   Lee, Heon ^b   Paik, Sang Hyun ^b   Park, Jai Soung ^b  

^a Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Myocardial perfusion; Stress cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUAL ENERGY MODEMULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84862785178     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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