Global cardiac evaluation without heart rate control: Preliminary experience with dual source CT (DSCT)

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-597

  De Cecco, C N ^a   Bastarrika, G ^b   Pueyo, J ^b   Anselmi, A ^c   Rengo, M ^d   Enrici, M Maurizi ^a   David, V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary vessels; Tomography, x ray computed; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; RR INTERVAL; SYSTOLE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59649114747     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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