Usefulness of multidetector computed tomography for noninvasive evaluation of coronary arteries in asymptomatic patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-293

  Gertz, S David ^a,e,f   Cherukuri, Paul ^b   Bodmann, Bernhard G ^c   Gladish, Gregory ^d   Wilner, Wayne T ^a   Conyers, Jodie L ^a,e   Aboshady, Ibrahim ^a,e   Madjid, Mohammad ^a,e   Vela, Deborah ^a,e   Lukovenkov, Serhiy ^a   Papadakis, Manos ^c   Kouri, Donald ^c   Mazraeshahi, Reza Mohammadi ^a,e   Frazier, Lorraine ^e   Zarrabi, Alireza ^a,e   Elrod, Donald ^a,e   Willerson, James T ^a,e   Casscells, S Ward ^a,e  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; STENOSIS;

EID: 31344465197     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.034     Document Type: Note

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