Computed tomographic angiography or conventional coronary angiography in therapeutic decision-making

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2902-2907

  Piers, Lieuwe H ^a   Dikkers, Riksta ^a   Willems, Tineke P ^a   De Smet, Bart J G L ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^a   Tio, René A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Dual source computed tomography; Therapeutic decision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57349145233     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn454     Document Type: Article

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