Coronary CT angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging to detect flow-limiting stenoses: A potential gatekeeper for coronary revascularization?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2921-2929

  Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Koepfli, Pascal ^a   Valenta, Ines ^a   Jenni, Walter ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conventional coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71549169963     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp304     Document Type: Article

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