Cardiac Computed Tomography: Technique and Optimization of Protocols

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-99

  Moloo, Jamaluddin ^a   Shapiro, Michael D ^b   Abbara, Suhny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; METOPROLOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY TUBE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40149106129     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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