Gender differences and normal left ventricular anatomy in an adult population free of hypertension
A cardiovascular magnetic resonance study of the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort
Carol J. Salton, BA*,
Michael L. Chuang, ScM*,
Christopher J. ODonnell, MD, MPH, FACC ,
Michelle J. Kupka, MA ,
Martin G. Larson, ScD ,
Kraig V. Kissinger, BS, RT, (MR) (R)*,
Robert R. Edelman, MD ,
Daniel Levy, MD, FACC* and
Warren J. Manning, MD, FACC* ,*
* Charles A. Dana Research Institute and the Harvard-Thorndike Laboratory of the Department of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Department of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
NHLBIs Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

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Figure 1 Representative double-oblique short-axis images at the basal (left column), mid (middle column) and apical (right column) left ventricular levels, demonstrating the delineation of endocardial and epicardial borders.
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