Cardiac CT in 2009

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-509

  Burgstahler, C ^a   Brodoefel, H ^a   Schroeder, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum am Eichert   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiology, diagnosis; Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY VEIN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 71049174921     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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