title: Left ventricular thin-point detection using multidetector spiral computed tomography.
abstract: We systematically studied the thickness of the myocardium in the left ventricular apical region in patients without a history of myocardial infarction and with no hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease, using contrast-enhanced multidetector spiral computed tomography with submillimeter collimation. We confirmed previous pathology data and reliably detected a small confined region of the normal apical myocardium with a thickness of <or=3 mm, i.e., the left ventricular thin point.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA. maros_ferencik@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Maros
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferencik
authors.forename: Suhny
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbara
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Ricardo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cury
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achenbach
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C044834:iodixanol