A practical guide to reading CT coronary angiograms-How to avoid mistakes when assessing for coronary stenoses

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 617-633

  Hoe, John W M ^a   Toh, Kok Hong ^a  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery stenosis; Multi detector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ARTIFACT; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION TREE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFACTS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38449117418     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9173-9     Document Type: Review

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