Non-invasive multislice computed tomography coronary angiography for imaging coronary arteries, stents and bypass grafts

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Soon, Kean H ^a,b   Kelly, A M ^a   Cox, N ^a   Chaitowitz, I ^a   Bell, K W ^a   Lim, Y L ^a  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bypass grafts; Coronary artery disease; Coronary stents; CT coronary angiography; Multislice CT (MSCT)

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTISLICE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33644837616     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00974.x     Document Type: Review

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