Editorial: Coronary CT angiography offers further risk stratification in the management of patients with normal SPECT results

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-15

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Hacioglu, Yalcin ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75949096646     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9176-8     Document Type: Editorial

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