Coronary Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 145-217

  Kantor, Birgit ^a   Nagel, Eike ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Barkhausen, Jörg ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B 22956; CALCIUM; DOBUTAMINE; GADOFOSVESET; GADOMELITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RABBIT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61449267447     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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