Usefulness of Multislice Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography to Identify Patients With Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion Stress in Whom Diagnostic Catheterization May Be Safely Avoided

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1605-1608

  Danciu, Sorin C ^a   Herrera, Cesar J ^a,b   Stecy, Peter J ^a,b   Carell, Edgar ^b   Saltiel, Frank ^b   Hines, Jerome L ^b  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Illinois Heart and Vascular   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36248989039     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.06.069     Document Type: Article

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