Technical and Clinical Aspects of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-175

  Schnapauff, Dirk ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^a   Dewey, Marc ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43549121304     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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