Combining dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography and calcium scoring: Added value for the assessment of coronary artery disease

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1154-1161

  Leschka, S ^a   Scheffel, H ^a   Desbiolles, L ^a   Plass, A ^b   Gaemperli, O ^c   Stolzmann, P ^a   Genoni, M ^b   Luescher, T ^c   Marincek, B ^a   Kaufmann, P ^c,d   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a,c  

^a University Hospital Zurich Institut fur Diagnostische Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^b Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50249142446     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.124800     Document Type: Article

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