Risk assessment and predictive value of coronary artery disease testing

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1296-1306

  Shaw, Leslee J ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Patient care; Predictive value; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68249153263     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.059592     Document Type: Review

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