Coronary computed tomographic angiography in patients suspected of coronary artery disease: Impact of observer experience on diagnostic performance and interobserver reproducibility

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-194

  Øvrehus, Kristian A ^a   Munkholm, Henrik ^a   Bøttcher, Morten ^b   Bøtker, Hans E ^b   Nørgaard, Bjarne L ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic accuracy; Interobserver reproducibility

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOMEPROL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953314375     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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