SPECT/PET myocardial perfusion imaging versus coronary CT angiography in patients with known or suspected CAD

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-200

  Berman, D S ^a,b   Shaw, L J ^c   Min, J K ^d   Hachamovitch, R ^a   Abidov, A ^e   Germano, G ^a,b   Hayes, S W ^a,b   Friedman, J D ^a,b   Thomson, L E J ^a,b   Kang, X ^b   Slomka, P ^a,b   Rozanski, A ^f  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; GATED SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958594250     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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