Validation of left ventricular circumferential area as a surrogate for heart weight on postmortem computed tomography

Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 98-101

  Hatch, G M ^a,b   Ampanozi, G ^a,c   Thali, M J ^c   Ruder, T D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardio thoracic ratio; Cardiomegaly; Computed tomography; Left ventricular size; Postmortem imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880136136     PISSN: 22124780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jofri.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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