High-resolution 64-slice helical-computer-assisted-tomographical-angiography as a diagnostic tool before CABG surgery: the dawn of a new era?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 896-901

  Simon, Andre R ^a   Baraki, Hassina ^a   Weidemann, Jörg ^a   Harringer, Wolfgang ^b,c   Galanski, Michael ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c Participating Centers   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bypass graft; CABG; Coronary artery; CT; Multi slice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 35948940068     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.07.038     Document Type: Article

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