Coronary CT angiography: From sensitivity to specificity

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1227-1229

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDITORIAL; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 81255128774     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.10.001     Document Type: Editorial

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