Prognostic utility of 64-slice computed tomography in patients with suspected but no documented coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-371

  Carrigan, Thomas P ^a   Nair, Deepu ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Curtin, Ronan J ^a   Popovic, Zoran B ^a   Halliburton, Sandra ^a   Kuzmiak, Stacie ^a   White, Richard D ^b   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Desai, Milind Y ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries and prognosis; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IOPROMIDE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59749091344     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn605     Document Type: Article

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