The case for clinical trials of noninvasive coronary imaging tests

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 664-665

  Detrano, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0041473872     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.8.664     Document Type: Editorial

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