Limited diagnostic yield of non-invasive coronary angiography by 16-slice multi-detector spiral computed tomography in routine patients referred for evaluation of coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1987-1992

  Kaiser, Christoph ^a   Bremerich, Jens ^a   Haller, Sabine ^a   Brunner La Rocca, Hans Peter ^a   Bongartz, Georg ^a   Pfisterer, Matthias ^a   Buser, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Diagnosis; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALCIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 26444437319     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi384     Document Type: Article

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