Non interventional cardiac diagnostics: Computed tomography, magnetic resonance and real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: Techniques and clinical applications

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-417

  Ropers, D ^a   Regenfus, M ^a   Wasmeier, G ^a   Achenbach, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography, three dimensional; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REAL TIME THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7644233053     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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