Coronary CT Angiography: Applications

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-107

  Bastarrika, Gorka ^a,b   Lee, Yeong Shyan ^a,c   Ruzsics, Balazs ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery stenosis; Heart; Multidetector row CT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BYPASS SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

ARTIFACTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59349085393     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.10.010     Document Type: Review

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