Feasibility and accuracy of 64-row MDCT coronary imaging from a centre with early experience: A review and comparison with established centres

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 629-636

  Ong, T K ^a   Chin, S P ^a   Chan, W L ^a   Liew, C K ^a   Seyfarth, M T ^b   Liew, H B ^a   Rapaee, A ^c   Sim, Kui Hian ^a,d  

^a SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^d NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Multi detector computed tomography (MDCT); Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645643174     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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