Does electron beam computer tomography provide added value in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-393

  Fuseini, Mahamadu ^a,b   Goodwin, Whitney J ^b   Ferris, Ernest J ^b   Mehta, Jawahar L ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Coronary artery disease; Electron beam computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141676107     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200309000-00011     Document Type: Review

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