CT coronary angiography and exercise ECG in a population with chest pain and low-to-intermediate pre-test likelihood of coronary artery disease

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 1973-1979

  Maffei, Erica ^a   Seitun, Sara ^a   Martini, Chiara ^a   Palumbo, Alessandro ^a,b   Tarantini, Giuseppe ^c   Berti, Elena ^d   Grilli, Roberto ^d   Tedeschi, Carlo ^e   Messalli, Giancarlo ^f   Guaricci, Andrea ^g   Weustink, Annick C ^b   Mollet, Nico R A ^b   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

^d Agency for Health and Social Care of Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^e San Gennaro Hospital   (Italy)

^f IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^g Academic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649967710     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.191361     Document Type: Article

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