Diagnostic and clinical benefit of combined coronary calcium and perfusion assessment in patients undergoing PET/CT myocardial perfusion stress imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-196

  Bybee, Kevin A ^a,b,c   Lee, John ^a,c   Markiewicz, Richard ^a   Longmore, Ryan ^a   Iain McGhie, A ^a,b,c   O'Keefe, James H ^a,b,c   Hsu, Bai Ling ^d   Kennedy, Kevin ^c   Thompson, Randall C ^a,b,c   Bateman, Timothy M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 4330 Wornall Rd Suite 2000 K   (United States)

^c SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic and prognostic application; Imaging: PET; Myocardial perfusion; PET CT imaging

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; RUBIDIUM 82;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953324656     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9159-9     Document Type: Article

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