Optimizing outcomes in coronary CT imaging

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-224

  Chinnaiyan, Kavitha M ^a   McCullough, Peter A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomographic angiography; Coronary atherosclerosis; Coronary calcification; Iso osmolar contrast

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE; IOXAGLIC ACID; METOPROLOL; SILDENAFIL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BREATHING MECHANICS; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY INJURY; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59049095454     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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