Inter- and intra-observer variability in the qualitative categorization of coronary angiograms

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-30

  Herrman, Jean Paul R ^a   Azar, Aida ^b   Umans, Victor A W M ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Es, Gerrit Anne V ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACC AHA classification; Coronary arteriography; Inter and intra observer variability; Kappa; Lesion morphology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030010101     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01798114     Document Type: Article

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