Noninvasive Coronary Artery Imaging: Current Clinical Applications. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Guidelines

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 425-437

  Liew, Gary Y H ^a,b   Feneley, Michael ^c,d   Worthley, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Noninvasive imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 79958733617     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.12.008     Document Type: Review

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