Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 64-slice or higher computed tomography angiography as an alternative to invasive coronary angiography in the investigation of coronary artery disease

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Mowatt, G ^a   Cummins, E ^b   Waugh, N ^b   Walker, S ^c   Cook, J ^a   Jia, X ^a   Hillis, G S ^c   Fraser, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LORAZEPAM; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THALLIUM; TROPONIN; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET THERAPY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUOROSCOPY; GATED IMAGING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 47249119295     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta12170     Document Type: Review

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