Incidental diagnosis of a familial left ventricular noncompaction on a chest CT angiography

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-93

  Dubourg, B ^a,b   D'Here B ^a   De Vecchi, C ^a   Caudron, J ^a,b   Savoure, A ^a   Stepowski, D ^a   Lefebvre, V ^a,b   Bauer, F ^a,b   Eltchaninoff, H ^a,b   Dacher, J N ^a,b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Université Normandie de Rouen   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging techniques; Cardiomyopathies; Echocardiography; Isolatednoncompaction of the ventricular myocardium; Magneticresonance imaging

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPNEA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; ISOLATED NONCOMPACTION OF THE VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84900805218     PISSN: 22115684     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jradio.2013.05.015     Document Type: Letter

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