Accuracy of dual-source computed tomography to identify significant coronary artery disease in patients with atrial fibrillation: Comparison with coronary angiography

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2230-2237

  Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Lang, Alexandra ^a   Muschiol, Gerd ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; DSCT; Stenoses

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; LOSARTAN; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956932472     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq223     Document Type: Article

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