Use of 40-detector row computed tomography before catheter coronary angiography to select early conservative versus early invasive treatment for patients with low-risk acute coronary syndrome

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-264

  Tsai, I Chen ^a   Lee, Tain ^a,b   Lee, Wen Lieng ^a   Tsao, Chen Rong ^a   Tsai, Wei Lin ^a   Chen, Min Chi ^a   Ting, Chih Tai ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary angiography; MDCT in low risk acute coronary syndrome; Multidetector row CT

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY SEGMENTS; CORONARY SYNDROMES; INVASIVE TREATMENT; MDCT IN LOW-RISK ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW CT; REFERENCE STANDARD; STENOSES;

CATHETERS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 34147147559     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000237808.03499.e4     Document Type: Article

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