Interobserver variations of plaque severity score and segment stenosis score in coronary arteries using 64 slice multidetector computed tomography: A substudy of the ACCURACY trial

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Pagali, Sandeep R ^a   Madaj, Paul ^a   Gupta, Mohit ^a   Nair, Subu ^a   Hamirani, Yasmin S ^a   Min, James K ^b   Lin, Faye ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary plaque; Interobserver variability; Plaque severity score; Segment stenosis score; Total plaque severity score; Total segment stenosis score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE SEVERITY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEGMENT STENOSIS SCORE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957812089     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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