Diagnostic accuracy and image quality of cardiac dual-source computed tomography in patients with arrhythmia

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-85

  Tsiflikas, Ilias ^a   Drosch, Tanja ^a   Brodoefel, Harald ^a   Thomas, Christoph ^a   Reimann, Anja ^a   Till, Alexander ^a   Nittka, Daniel ^a   Kopp, Andreas F ^a   Schroeder, Stephen ^b   Heuschmid, Martin ^a   Burgstahler, Christof ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Am Eichert   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Computed tomography; Coronary arteries; Coronary artery disease; Dual source CT; Non invasive

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955652936     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.074     Document Type: Article

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