Current status and clinical applications of cardiac multidetector computed tomography

Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Halon, David A ^a   Rubinshtein, Ronen ^a   Gaspar, Tamar ^a   Peled, Nathan ^a   Lewis, Basil S ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography; Non invasive angiography; Non invasive imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; METOPROLOL; NITRATE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37849031499     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105546     Document Type: Review

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