Noninvasive coronary artery imaging in the diagnosis and management of patients with ischemic heart disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 314-320

  Kates, Andrew M ^a   Vedala, Giridhar ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^b   Davila Roman, Victor G ^a,b   Gropler, Robert J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032812374     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199907000-00007     Document Type: Review

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