Noninvasive computed tomographic coronary angiography as a complement to coronary calcium quantification in symptomatic patients;Nichtinvasive computertomographische koronarangiographie als ergänzung zur koronarkalkquantifizierung bei symptomatischen patienten

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Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-118

  Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^a   Schmermund, Axel ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^b   Kerkhoff, Gert ^c   Pump, Heiko ^d   Budde, Thomas ^c   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^d Inst F Diagn/Interventionelle R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary calcification; Electron beam computed tomography (EBT); Multislice spiral helical computed tomography (MSCT); Noninvasive coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVALUATION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0043014637     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-003-2452-5     Document Type: Article

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