Role of 64-slice cardiac computed tomography in the evaluation of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-353

  Romagnoli, A ^a   Martuscelli, E ^a   Sperandio, M ^a   Arganini, C ^a   De Angelis, B ^a   Acampora, V ^a   Patrei, A ^a   Bazzocchi, G ^a   Romeo, F ^a   Simonetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary CT; Multislice computed tomography; Noninvasive coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953252808     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0482-7     Document Type: Article

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