Initial experience with 64-slice cardiac CT: Non-invasive visualization of coronary artery bypass grafts

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 976-980

  Pache, Gregor ^a   Saueressig, Ulrich ^a   Frydrychowicz, Alex ^a   Foell, Daniela ^a   Ghanem, Nadir ^a   Kotter, Elmar ^a   Geibel Zehender, Annette ^a   Bode, Christoph ^a   Langer, Mathias ^a   Bley, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

64 slice CT; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery bypass graft; Non invasive visualization

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL TARTRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTISLICE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645473269     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi824     Document Type: Article

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