Angiographic core laboratory reproducibility analyses: Implications for planning clinical trials using coronary angiography and left ventriculography end-points

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 453-462

  Steigen, Terje K ^a,b   Claudio, Cheryl ^b   Abbott, David ^a   Schulzer, Michael ^c   Burton, Jeff ^d   Tymchak, Wayne ^d   Buller, Christopher E ^a   John Mancini, G B ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiographic core laboratory; Clinical trials; Coronary angiography; Leftv entriculography; Reproducibility; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE LABORATORY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43449114801     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9285-x     Document Type: Article

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