Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography. Our Time Has Come, But There Are Miles to Go Before We Sleep

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 1733-1735

  Rumberger, John A ^a  

^a Princeton Longevity Center   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary angiography; coronary CTA; CT angiography; diagnosis; MDCT

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55649099837     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.034     Document Type: Editorial

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