Can Non-Invasive CT Angiography Effectively and Safely Triage Patients?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 899-900

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGIST; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STENOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447297527     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.06.010     Document Type: Editorial

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