Coronary CTA: Indications, patient selection, and clinical implications

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Thilo, Christian ^a   Auler, Mark ^a   Zwerner, Peter ^b   Costello, Philip ^a   Joseph Schoepf, U ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; CT angiography; Multi slice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247175468     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31802f993e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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