The role of CT angiography in risk stratification for atherosclerosis

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-117

  Schmermund, Axel ^a   Magedanz, Annett ^a   Voigtländer, Thomas ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60949091083     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-009-0018-6     Document Type: Article

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