The clinical role of 'non-invasive' coronary angiography by multidetector spiral computed tomography: Yet to be defined

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1942-1944

  Sechtem, Udo ^a   Vöhringer, Matthias ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 26444505974     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi463     Document Type: Editorial

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