Good news on coronary computed tomographic angiography: Answers that have questions!

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2070-2072

  Kantor, Birgit ^a   Anavekar, Nandan S ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50849138870     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn338     Document Type: Editorial

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