Coronary CT angiography: Clinical utility and prognosis

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-53

  Min, James K ^a   Lin, Fay Y ^a   Saba, Shahryar ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63249136102     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-009-0008-x     Document Type: Article

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