Analytic Approaches to Establish the Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography as a Tool for Clinical Decision Making

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1122-1127

  Shapiro, Michael D ^a   Butler, Javed ^a   Rieber, Johannes ^a   Sheth, Tej N ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Nichols, John H ^a   Goehler, Alexander ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Pena, Antonio J ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFACTS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147101286     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.11.053     Document Type: Article

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