Cardiac multidetector CT: Technical and diagnostic evaluation with evidence-based practice techniques

Radiology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 366-377

  Heffernan, Eric J ^a   Dodd, Jonathan D ^a   Malone, Dermot E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; HEART DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049119351     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2482070356     Document Type: Review

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