Angiographically uncertain left main coronary artery narrowings: Correlation with multidetector computed tomography and intravascular ultrasound

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-563

  Dragu, Robert ^a   Kerner, Arthur ^a   Gruberg, Luis ^a   Rispler, Shmuel ^a   Lessick, Jonathan ^a   Ghersin, Eduard ^a   Litmanovich, Diana ^a   Engel, Ahuva ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a   Roguin, Ariel ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery disease; CT; Decision making; Imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 43449086724     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9290-0     Document Type: Article

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