Screening CT-coronary angiography: Ready for prime time?

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 198-204

  Lepor, Norman E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic coronary angiography; Contrast exposure; Coronary artery disease; Radiation exposure; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846452156     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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