Assessing the Prognostic Value of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1344-1346

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

computed tomography; coronary artery disease; electron beam tomography; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53249086411     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.022     Document Type: Editorial

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