All high-risk patients should not be screened with computed tomographic angiography

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1333-1339

  Kramer, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40549117858     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.670059     Document Type: Note

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