Accuracy of 64-slice CT angiography for the detection of functionally relevant coronary stenoses as assessed with myocardial perfusion SPECT

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1162-1171

  Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Koepfli, Pascal ^a   Valenta, Ines ^a   Soyka, Jan ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249775027     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0307-z     Document Type: Article

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