Radiation dose exposure in multislice computed tomography of the coronaries in comparison with conventional coronary angiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-311

  Dill, Thorsten ^a   Deetjen, Anja ^a   Ekinci, Okan ^a   Möllmann, Susanne ^a   Conradi, Guido ^a   Kluge, Alexander ^a   Weber, Christoph ^b   Weber, Michael ^a   Nef, Holger ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BYPASS SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

AGED; BODY SURFACE AREA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 39749183459     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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