Quantification of aortic valve calcification using multislice spiral computed tomography: Comparison with atomic absorption spectroscopy

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 485-489

  Koos, Ralf ^a   Mahnken, Andreas Horst ^a   Kühl, Harald Peter ^a   Mühlenbruch, Georg ^a   Mevissen, Vera ^a   Stork, Ludwig ^b   Dronskowski, Richard ^b   Langebartels, Georg ^a   Autschbach, Rüdiger ^a   Ortlepp, Jan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve calcification; Aortic valve stenosis; Multislice spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUMETRY; CALCINOSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33746738973     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000208224.93467.87     Document Type: Article

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