Diagnostic work-up of unselected patients with suspected coronary artery disease: Complementary role of multidetector computed tomography, symptoms and electrocardiogram stress test

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-274

  Pontone, Gianluca ^a   Andreini, Daniele ^a   Ballerini, Giovanni ^a   Nobili, Enrica ^a   Pepi, Mauro ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary artery disease; Exercise test; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248358649     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e328035f8ae     Document Type: Article

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