Impact of cardiac hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography imaging on choice of treatment strategy in coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2824-2829

  Pazhenkottil, Aju P ^a   Nkoulou, Rene N ^a   Ghadri, Jelena Rima ^a   Herzog, Bernhard A ^a   Kest, Silke M ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Wolfrum, Mathias ^a   Goetti, Robert ^a   Buechel, Ronny R ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Lscher, Thomas F ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT CT fusion imaging; Treatment strategy

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC HYBRID IMAGING; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81855168403     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr232     Document Type: Article

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