Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 288-295 , September 2008

Volumetric measurement of pericardial adipose tissue from contrast-enhanced coronary computed tomography angiography: A reproducibility study

  • John H. Nichols, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • Bharat Samy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • Co-first author.
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  • Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Caroline S. Fox, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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  • P. Christian Schulze, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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  • Fabian Bamberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114, USA

Received 29 February 2008 ,Accepted 13 August 2008.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(08)00559-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.08.008

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 288-295 , September 2008

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