Comparison of electron beam computed tomography with intracoronary ultrasound and coronary angiography for detection of coronary atherosclerosis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-64

  Baumgart, Dietrich ^a   Schmermund, Axel ^a   Goerge, Guenter ^a   Haude, Michael ^a   Ge, Junbo ^a   Adamzik, Michael ^a   Sehnert, Cornelia ^b   Altmaier, Klaus ^c   Groenemeyer, Dietrich ^b   Seibel, Rainer ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030744387     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00147-2     Document Type: Article

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