Anatomy and terminology for the interpretation and reporting of cardiac MDCT: Part I, structured report, coronary calcium screening, and coronary artery anatomy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 574-583

  Sundaram, Baskaran ^a   Patel, Smita ^a   Bogot, Naama ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Coronary CT angiography; CT reporting

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63249112696     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1177     Document Type: Review

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