Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 170-177 , May 2009

Evaluating global and regional left ventricular function in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction by 64-slice multidetector CT: A comparison to magnetic resonance imaging

  • Ammar Sarwar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Michael D. Shapiro

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Koen Nieman

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Cesar H. Nomura

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Thomas J. Brady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Ricardo C. Cury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 22 November 2008 ,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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

PII: S1934-5925(09)00155-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.05.002

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 170-177 , May 2009

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