Diagnostic accuracy of 16-slice CT coronary angiography in the evaluation of coronary artery disease

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Soon, K H ^a,c   Chaitowitz, I ^a   Cox, N ^a   MacGregor, L ^b   Eccleston, D ^a   Bell, K W ^a   Kelly, A M ^a   Lim, Y L ^a  

^a Western Hospital   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

16 slice CT; Coronary angiography; MSCT; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34447308213     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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