Can Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Trigger Coronary Revascularization?. Questioning the Appropriateness of the Question

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 558-560

  Berman, Daniel S ^a   Min, James K ^b  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriateness; fractional flow reserve; multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 67249099576     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.04.012     Document Type: Editorial

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