Comparison of Dual Source Computed Tomography Versus Intravascular Ultrasound for Evaluation of Coronary Arteries at Least One Year After Cardiac Transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1351-1356

  Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Weyand, Michael ^a   Raum, Philip ^a   Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Tandler, Rene ^a   Kondruweit, Markus ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749108553     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.060     Document Type: Article

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