Left Ventricle Apex Short Axis

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** The apical short axis slice of the left ventricular myocardium. (Cerqueira MD, Weissman NJ, Dilsizian V, Jacobs AK, Kaul S, Laskey WK, Pennell DJ, Rumberger JA, Ryan T, Verani MS; American Heart Association Writing Group on Myocardial Segmentation and Registration for Cardiac Imaging. Standardized myocardial segmentation and nomenclature for tomographic imaging of the heart. A statement for healthcare professionals from the Cardiac Imaging Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2002 Jan 29;105(4):539-42.)

**Synonyms:** - HEART, LEFT VENTRICLE, APEX SHORT AXIS