Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 256-262 , March 2008

CT imaging features and frequency of left ventricular myocardial fat in patients with CT findings of chronic left ventricular myocardial infarction

  • H.M. Zafar
    • ,
  • H.I. Litt
    • ,
  • D.A. Torigian

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: D.A. Torigian, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA. Tel.: +1 215 615 3805; fax: +1 215 614 0033.

Received 23 January 2007 ,Revised 9 August 2007 ,Accepted 20 August 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00400-X

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.08.007

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 256-262 , March 2008

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