Transitioning from 16-slice to 64-slice multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of coronary artery disease: Are we really making progress?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 533-542

  Khan, Razi ^a,b   Rawal, Sapna ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiography; Bypass; Computed tomography; Coronary disease; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

16 SLICE MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; 64 SLICE MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349564813     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70144-8     Document Type: Review

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