Applications of cardiac multidetector CT beyond coronary angiography

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 699-710

  Schuleri, Karl H ^a   George, Richard T ^a   Lardo, Albert C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73949145693     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2009.172     Document Type: Review

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