Improved reproducibility of coronary artery calcium scoring by electron beam tomography with a new electrocardiographic trigger method

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 363-367

  Mao, Songshou ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Bakhsheshi, Hamid ^a   Liu, Steve C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Coronary artery; Electrocardiographic triggering; Electron beam tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RR INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034953432     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200107000-00002     Document Type: Article

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