Influence of calcifications on diagnostic accuracy of coronary CT angiography using prospective ECG triggering

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1684-1689

  Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Plass, André ^a   Baumüller, Stephan ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcifications; CT coronary angiography; Diagnostic accuracy; Low dose; Prospective ECG triggering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57149117486     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.4040     Document Type: Article

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