Computed tomographic coronary angiographic assessment of high-risk coronary anatomy in patients with suspected coronary artery disease and intermediate pretest probability

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 918-923

  Sheth, Tej ^a   Amlani, Shoaib ^a   Lou Ellins, Mary ^a   Mehta, Shamir ^a   Velianou, James ^a   Cappelli, Gail ^a   Yang, Sean ^a   Natarajan, Madhu ^a  

^a HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42649128405     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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