Accuracy of MDCT in assessing the degree of stenosis caused by calcified coronary artery plaques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1676-1683

  Zhang, Shaoxiong ^a   Levin, David C ^a   Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Fischman, David ^a   Savage, Michael ^a   Walinsky, Paul ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery plaque; CT angiography; MDCT angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 57149118092     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.4026     Document Type: Article

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