Accuracy of low-dose prospectively gated axial coronary CT angiography for the assessment of coronary artery stenosis in patients with stable heart rate

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-205

  Carrascosa, Patricia ^a   Capuñay, Carlos ^a   Deviggiano, Alejandro ^a   Goldsmit, Alejandro ^b   Tajer, Carlos ^a   Bettinotti, Marcelo ^b   Carrascosa, Jorge ^a   Ivanc, Thomas B ^c   Fallahi, Arzhang ^d   García, Mario J ^d  

^a Department of Computed Tomography   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Guemes   (Argentina)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Prospective ECG triggering; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953475779     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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