Fractal analysis of left ventricular trabeculations is associated with impaired myocardial deformation in healthy Chinese

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Cai, Jiashen ^a   Bryant, Jennifer Ann ^b   Le, Thu Thao ^b   Su, Boyang ^b   De Marvao, Antonio ^c   O'Regan, Declan P ^c   Cook, Stuart A ^a,b,c   Chin, Calvin Woon Loong ^a,b  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Myocardial function; Non compaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR TRABECULATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPOREAN; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SINGAPORE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041173183     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12968-017-0413-z     Document Type: Article

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