Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: Current Applications and Future Developments

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-529

  Wink, Onno ^a   Hecht, Harvey S ^b   Ruijters, Daniel ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649628417     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2009.04.002     Document Type: Review

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