Noninvasive detection of coronary artery stenosis with 16-slice spiral computed tomography in a population at low to moderate risk for coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 817-825

  Bonmassari, Roberto ^a   Muraglia, Simone ^a   Centonze, Maurizio ^a   Coser, Daniela ^a   Stoppa, Gabriele ^b   Disertori, Marcello ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33750307660     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000250870.55907.75     Document Type: Article

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