The role of calcium score and CT angiography in the medical management of patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Choudhary, Gaurav ^a,b   Shin, Victor ^a,b   Punjani, Shahnaz ^a,b   Ritter, Nathan ^b   Sharma, Satish C ^a,b   Wu, Wen Chih ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium score; Computed tomography (CT); Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic and prognostic application; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IODIXANOL; METOPROLOL; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75949114876     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9158-x     Document Type: Article

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