Clinical effectiveness of coronary computed tomographic angiography in the triage of patients to cardiac catheterization and revascularization after inconclusive stress testing: Results of a 2-year prospective trial

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 701-713

  Abidov, Aiden ^a,b   Gallagher, Michael J ^b   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha M ^b   Mehta, Laxmi S ^c   Wegner, James H ^b   Raff, Gilbert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiacstress testing; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Diagnosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349820347     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9117-6     Document Type: Article

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