Prevalence of inferobasal myocardial crypts among patients referred for cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-264

  Petryka, Joanna ^a,c   Baksi, A John ^a,b   Prasad, Sanjay K ^a,b   Pennell, Dudley J ^a,b   Kilner, Philip J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Cleft; Crypt; Diverticulum; Hypertrophic; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFEROBASAL MYOCARDIAL CRYPTS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CLEFT; CRYPT; DIVERTICULUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STROKE VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900407779     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001241     Document Type: Article

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