Evaluation of severely calcified coronary artery using fast-switching dual-kVp 64-slice computed tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 472-473

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Jinzaki, Masahiro ^a   Imai, Yasuhiro ^b   Yamazaki, Shun ^a   Imanishi, Nobuaki ^a   Tanami, Yutaka ^a   Yamazaki, Akihisa ^a   Aiso, Sadakazu ^a   Kuribayashi, Sachio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GE HealthCare Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79251557813     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0636     Document Type: Article

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