Is there a role for CT coronary angiography in patients with symptomatic angina? Effect of coronary calcium score on identification of stenosis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 847-854

  Meijs, Matthijs F L ^a   Meijboom, W Bob ^b   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Mollet, Nico R ^b   Van Mieghem, Carlos A G ^b   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^b   Cramer, Maarten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium score; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Diagnostic performance

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TACHYCARDIA; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72349085841     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9485-7     Document Type: Article

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