Radiation risk from coronary artery disease imaging: How do different diagnostic tests compare?

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1519-1521

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56749153776     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.135731     Document Type: Editorial

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