Integration of coronary anatomy and myocardial perfusion imaging

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 226-236

  Blankstein, Ron ^a   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYBRID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; STENOSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950297322     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2010.15     Document Type: Review

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