Clinical utility of cardiac computed tomography

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 350-355

  Ramos, Julie J ^a   Williams, Marcus ^a   Synetos, Andreas ^a   Lerakis, Stamatios ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium scare; Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGING; RELIABILITY; STENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38449092278     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181379f2d     Document Type: Article

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