Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 141-148 , May 2008

Comparison of left ventricular size by computed tomography with magnetic resonance imaging measures of left ventricle mass and volumes: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

  • Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MRI PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Dr. Khurram Nasir, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02467.
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  • Ronit Katz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Songshou Mao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, CA, USA
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  • Junichiro Takasu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, CA, USA
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  • Chandra Bomma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Joao A.C. Lima, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Richard Kronmal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • J. Jeffrey Carr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, US
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  • Matthew J. Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Received 11 May 2007 ,Accepted 23 January 2008.

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 This research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grants R01-HL-63963-01A1 and R01-HL-071739-03; contracts N01-HC-95159 through N01-HC-95165 and N01-HC-95169); Dr. Nasir is supported by the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (grant 1T32 HL076136-02).

 Conflict of interest: Dr. Budoff is on the Speaker's Bureau of Pfizer GE Healthcare. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(08)00048-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.01.003

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 141-148 , May 2008

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