Clinical Application of CT Coronary Angiography: State of the Art

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 107-116

  de Graaf, F R ^a   Schuijf, J D ^a   Delgado, V ^a   van Velzen, J E ^a,b   Kroft, L J ^a   de Roos, A ^a   Jukema, J W ^a,b   van der Wall, E E ^a,b   Bax, J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Imaging; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77649237130     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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