Is coronary computed tomographic angiography the "gold standard" for coronary artery disease?

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Hecht, Harvey S ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

"Gold standard"; CT angiography (CTA); Diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349970640     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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