Imaging coronary and extracoronary atherosclerosis: Feasibility and impact of whole-body computed tomography angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1704-1714

  Napoli, Alessandro ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Francone, Marco ^a   Sciacca, Vincenzo ^a   Carbone, Iacopo ^a   Greco, Cesare ^a   Anzidei, Michele ^a   Calabrese, Francesca Antonella ^a   Marincola, Beatrice Cavallo ^a   Kirchin, Miles A ^b   Vestri, Annarita ^a   Arca, Marcello ^a   Iuliano, Luigi ^a   Passariello, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography angiography; Coronary artery; Extracoronary artery; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; WHOLE BODY CT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 67349098171     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1342-5     Document Type: Article

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