Prevalence of coronary artery disease assessed by multislice computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Nucifora, Gaetano ^a,b   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   Tops, Laurens F ^a   Van Werkhoven, Jacob M ^a   Kajander, Sami ^c   Jukema, J Wouter ^a,d   Schreur, Joop H M ^e   Heijenbrok, Mark W ^e   Trines, Serge A ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^f   Turta, Olli ^c   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^f   Knuuti, Juhani ^c   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary disease; Multislice computed tomography; Prevalence; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350041501     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.108.795328     Document Type: Article

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