Dual-energy CT for the assessment of chronic myocardial infarction in patients with chronic coronary artery disease: Comparison with 3-T MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 639-646

  Bauer, Ralf W ^a   Kerl, J Matthias ^a   Fischer, Nadine ^a   Burkhard, Thorsten ^a   Larson, Maya C ^a   Ackermann, Hanns ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Chronic myocardial infarction; Coronary CT angiography; Dual energy CT; MRI late enhancement

Indexed keywords

GADOTERIDOL; IODINE; IOMEPROL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IOPAMIDOL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; GADOLINIUM;

EID: 77956825528     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3849     Document Type: Article

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