Biventricular non-compaction demonstrated on multi-slice computed tomography with echocardiographic correlation

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 677-680

  Grillone, Saverio ^a   Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Piccoli, Gianluca ^a   Gianfagna, Pasquale ^a   Hysko, Fjoralba ^b   Pavoni, Daisy ^a   Slavich, Gianaugusto ^a   Proclemer, Alessandro ^a   Gasparini, Daniele ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Latisana General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

echocardiography; left ventricular non compaction; magnetic resonance imaging; multi slice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84881552035     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328356a4a6     Document Type: Article

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