CT of coronary artery disease

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-48

  Herzog, Christopher ^a,b   Zangos, Stefan ^a,b   Zwerner, Peter ^b   Costello, Philip ^b   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Joseph Schoepf, U ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography (CT); Coronary arteries; Coronary artery calcium; Dual source CT; Heart; Multidetector row CT

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROMA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247095238     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318032394f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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