Incidental myocardial infarct on conventional nongated CT: A review of the spectrum of findings with gated CT and cardiac MRI correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 496-504

  Shriki, Jabi E ^a   Shinbane, Jerold ^b   Lee, Christopher ^b   Khan, Abdur R ^b   Burns, Natalie ^b   Hindoyan, Antereas ^b   Wilcox, Alison ^b  

^a South Sound Radiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Myocardial infarct; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CALCIFICATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOCAL WALL THINNING; GATED IMAGING; HEART CALCIFICATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOMATOUS METAPLASIA; METAPLASIA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REVIEW;

CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METAPLASIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863244748     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7683     Document Type: Review

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