Non-invasive half millimetre 32 detector row computed tomography angiography accurately excludes significant stenoses in patients with advanced coronary artery disease and high calcium scores

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 589-597

  Cordeiro, M A S ^b   Miller, J M ^b   Schmidt, A ^b   Lardo, A C ^b,c   Rosen, B D ^b   Bush, D E ^b   Brinker, J A ^b   Bluemke, D A ^b   Shapiro, E P ^b   Lima, J A C ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Departments of Radiology Biomedical Engineering and Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IODIXANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS NODE; STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646237121     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.074336     Document Type: Article

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