Diagnostic efficacy of coronary calcium score in the assessment of significant coronary artery stenosis

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Javadrashid, Reza ^a   Salehi, Ahad ^a   Tarzamni, Mohhammad K ^a   Aslanabadi, Naser ^a   Pak, Neda ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary calcium score; Coronary stenosis; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953744510     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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