Coronary calcium score as gatekeeper for 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with chest pain: Per-segment and per-patient analysis

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2127-2135

  Palumbo, Anselmo Alessandro ^a,b   Maffei, Erica ^a   Martini, Chiara ^a   Tarantini, Giuseppe ^c   Di Tanna, Gian Luca ^d   Berti, Elena ^d   Grilli, Roberto ^d   Casolo, Giancarlo ^e   Brambilla, Valerio ^f   Cerrato, Marcella ^g   Rotondo, Antonio ^g   Weustink, Annick C ^b   Mollet, Nico R A ^b   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Regional Health Care Agency   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Versilia   (Italy)

^f IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium score; Cardiovascular risk; Coronary angiography; Mayo Clinic classification; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CALCIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68649102754     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1398-2     Document Type: Article

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