Survey of Current Practices of the Specialty of Physicians Interpreting Cardiac and Noncardiac Findings of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1782-1785

  Wyman, Rachael A ^a   Chang, Su Min ^a   Chiu, Regina Y ^a   Wann, L Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCIUM; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37049027280     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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