Clinical perspective of coronary computed tomographic angiography in diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-252

  Chang, Hyuk Jae ^a   Chung, Namsik ^a  

^a Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79251571769     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-1206     Document Type: Review

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