Evaluation of ischemic heart disease with cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 601-615

  Sanz, Javier ^a   Poon, Michael ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium; Ischemia; Magnetic resonance; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular function; Viability

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CALCIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; GADOLINIUM; IODINE; POSIJECT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043150829     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2.4.601     Document Type: Review

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