Noninvasive, three-dimensional visualization of coronary artery bypass grafts by electron beam tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 856-861

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Moshage, Werner ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Nossen, Jörg ^a   Bachmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030977912     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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