Does Clinical Pretest Probability Influence Image Quality and Diagnostic Accuracy in Dual-Source Coronary CT Angiography?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-218

  Thomas, Christoph ^a   Brodoefel, Harald ^a   Tsiflikas, Ilias ^a   Bruckner, Friederike ^a   Reimann, Anja ^a   Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Drosch, Tanja ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Kopp, Andreas ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a   Burgstahler, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

accuracy; coronary CTA; DSCT; Morise score; pretest probability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73049116130     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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