American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 4 , Pages 483-491 , 15 August 2010

Usefulness of Radial Strain Mapping by Multidetector Computer Tomography to Quantify Regional Myocardial Function in Patients With Healed Myocardial Infarction

  • Thomas M. Helle-Valle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Cardiology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 47-23-07-14-03; fax: 47-23-07-35-30
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  • Wen-Chung Yu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Cardiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Verônica R.S. Fernandes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Boaz D. Rosen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • João A.C. Lima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 29 October 2009 ,Revised 25 March 2010 ,Accepted 25 March 2010.

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 Dr. Helle-Valle was supported by the Gidske and Peter Jacob Sørensens Foundation (Oslo, Norway), the Alf and Aagot Helgesens Fund (Oslo, Norway), Norwegian Society of Cardiology (Oslo, Norway), and the Unger-Vetlesen Research Foundation (Jersey, Channel Islands). Dr. Lima receives grant support from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland), the D.W. Reynolds Foundation, and Toshiba Medical Systems (Otawara, Japan).

PII: S0002-9149(10)00849-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.03.063

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 4 , Pages 483-491 , 15 August 2010

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