Noninvasive visualization of the coronary arteries with multi-slice computed tomography; influence of heart rate on diagnostic accuracy

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-109

  Henneman, Maureen M ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a,b   van der Wall, Ernst E ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644867433     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9022-2     Document Type: Editorial

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