The Year in Cardiac Imaging

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 483-495

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Araoz, Philip A ^a   Williamson, Eric E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; diagnostic; imaging

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 74549165990     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.036     Document Type: Review

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