ACCF/ACR/AHA/NASCI/SAIP/SCAI/SCCT 2010 Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2663-2699

  Mark, Daniel B ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Carr, J Jeffrey ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^a   Hecht, Harvey S ^a   Hlatky, Mark A ^a   Hodgson, John McB ^a   Lauer, Michael S ^a   Miller, Julie M ^a   Morin, Richard L ^a   Mukherjee, Debabrata ^a   Poon, Michael ^a   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACCF AHA Expert Consensus Document; computed tomography; coronary artery disease; CT angiography; imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952869632     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.013     Document Type: Review

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