Noninvasive cardiac imaging with computed tomography

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-171

  Wilson, Gregory T ^b   Gopalakrishnan, Prabhakaran ^c   Tak, Tahir ^a,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth ^*  (United States)

^c JPS Health Network   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic angiography; Computed tomography, multi detector row; Coronary artery calcification; Coronary vessels; CT; CTA; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38949129199     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2007.747     Document Type: Review

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