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

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2509-2543

  Mark, Daniel B ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^b,c   Budoff, Matthew J ^d   Carr, J Jeffrey ^e   Gerber, Thomas C ^f,g   Hecht, Harvey S ^d   Hlatky, Mark A ⁱ   Hodgson, John McB ^h   Lauer, Michael S ^a   Miller, Julie M ^a   Morin, Richard L ^e   Mukherjee, Debabrata ⁱ   Poon, Michael ^c   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^f,g   Schwartz, Robert S ^h   Harrington, Robert A ⁱ   Bates, Eric R ⁱ   Bridges, Charles R ⁱ   Eisenberg, Mark J ⁱ   Ferrari, Victor A ⁱ   Jacobs, Alice K ⁱ   Kaul, Sanjay ⁱ   Moliterno, David J ⁱ   Rosenson, Robert S ⁱ   Stein, James H ⁱ   Weitz, Howard H ⁱ   Wesley, Deborah J ⁱ   more..

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^b American Society of Nuclear Cardiology   (United States)

^c Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography   (United States)

^d Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention   (United States)

^e American College of Radiology   (United States)

^f AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging   (United States)

^h Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; CT angiography; Imaging; KEY WORDS: ACCF AHA Expert Consensus Document

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953356121     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d4b618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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