Head-to-head comparison of multislice computed tomography and exercise electrocardiography for diagnosis of coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2485-2490

  Dewey, Marc ^a   Dübel, Hans Peter ^a   Schink, Tania ^a   Baumann, Gert ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery; Diagnosis; Electrocardiography; Exercise test; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348936723     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl148     Document Type: Article

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