CT vs conventional angiography in unselected patients with suspected coronary heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-126

  Tan, Kiat Tsong ^a   Reed, David ^b   Howe, Jane ^b   Challenor, Viv ^b   Gibson, Maurice ^b   McGann, Garrett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

artery; atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary heart disease; imaging; plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548038103     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.057     Document Type: Article

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