Effect of heart rate and coronary calcification on the diagnostic accuracy of the dual-source CT coronary angiography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-354

  Meng, Lingdong ^a,b,c   Cui, Lianqun ^b   Cheng, Yuntao ^b,c   Wu, Xiaoyan ^b,c   Tang, Yuansheng ^b   Wang, Yong ^b   Xu, Fayun ^b  

^a Shandong Province Ji'nan 4th People's Hospital   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Dual source computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650468873     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.4.347     Document Type: Article

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