Multislice computed tomography coronary angiography: Clinical applications

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 647-658

  Cademartiri, F ^a,b,c   Aldrovandi, A ^a   Palumbo, A ^a   Maffei, E ^a   Fusaro, M ^a   Tresoldi, S ^a   Messalli, G ^a   Rossi, A ^b   Rengo, M ^b   Pugliese, F ^b   Salamousas, B V ^a   Reverberi, C ^a   Meijboom, W B ^b   Mollet, N R ^b   Ardissino, D ^a   De Feyter, P J ^b  

^a Cardiovascular and Surgical Services   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Tomography, spiral computed; Tomography, X Ray computed

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 36749002119     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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