The Case in Favor of Screening for Coronary Artery Disease With Coronary CT Angiography

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 289-294

  Dowe, David A ^a  

^a Atlantic Medical Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; coronary CT angiography; screening

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34247345349     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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