CT angiography: Too much too soon?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-268

  Beller, George A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249683117     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.04.015     Document Type: Editorial

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