Multislice computed tomography for the evaluation of coronary bypass grafts and native coronary arteries: Comparison with traditional angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 454-460

  Auguadro, Carla ^a   Manfredi, Mariella ^a   Scalise, Filippo ^a   Mustica, Teresa ^a   Vanoli, Emilio ^c   Khouri, Toufic ^b   Specchia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Policlinico di Monza   (Italy)

^b Policlinico di Monza   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Coronary disease; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RR INTERVAL; VEIN GRAFT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 67649158222     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283262c85     Document Type: Article

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