Multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography for ruling out suspected coronary artery disease: What is the prevalence of a normal study in a general clinical population?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2006-2013

  Henneman, Maureen M ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a,b   Van Werkhoven, Jacob M ^a   Pundziute, Gabija ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a,b   Jukema, J Wouter ^a,b   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium score; Coronary artery disease; MSCT

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49749108169     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn284     Document Type: Article

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