Coronary computed tomographic angiography: Competitive or complementary?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 605-608

  Thomas, Gregory S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mission Internal Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERFUSION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33747844567     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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