Noninvasive cardiac imaging in the evaluation of suspected acute coronary syndromes

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-486

  Vashist, Aseem ^a   Abbott, Brian G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Computed tomography; Echocardiogram; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FS 069; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18844380255     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.3.3.473     Document Type: Review

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