Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Multidetector Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography. Appropriate for All Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease?**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2515-2517

  Dorbala, Sharmila ^a   Hachamovitch, Rory ^b   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845293410     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.08.022     Document Type: Editorial

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