Cardiac CT for CAD. Do we still need angiography?

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-17

  Garcia, Mario J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65749091608     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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