Contemporary coronary imaging from patient to plaque: Part 3 cardiac computed tomography

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 235-239

  Obaid, Daniel R ^a   Murray, Scott W ^b   Palmer, Nick D ^b   Rudd, James H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary imaging; Non invasive imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

EID: 77958454954     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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