Non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease with CT coronary angiography and SPECT: A novel dose-saving fast-track algorithm

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 522-527

  Pazhenkottil, Aju P ^a   Herzog, Bernhard A ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Buechel, Ronny R ^a   Burger, Irene A ^a   Valenta, Ines ^a   Landmesser, Ulf ^a   Wyss, Christophe A ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; CT coronary angiography; Prospective ECG triggering; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REST; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77949261528     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1273-z     Document Type: Article

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