Small coronary calcifications are not detectable by 64-slice contrast enhanced computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Van Der Giessen, Alina G ^a   Gijsen, Frank J H ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Jairam, Pushpa M ^a   Van Walsum, Theo ^a   Neefjes, Lisan A E ^a   Mollet, Nico R ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a,d   Van De Vosse, Frans N ^b   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcification; Coronary arteries; IVUS; MSCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79951857935     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9662-8     Document Type: Article

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