Cardiac CT: State of the art for the detection of coronary arterial stenosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-20

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Bypass grafts; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary arteries; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848867564     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.04.007     Document Type: Review

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