Computed tomography for detecting coronary artery plaques: A meta-analysis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 603-609

  Gao, Dengfeng ^a   Ning, Ning ^a   Guo, Youmin ^a   Ning, Wende ^b   Niu, Xiaolin ^a   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Imaging center of Xi'an central hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intravascular ultrasound; Meta analysis; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY PLAQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 82955245417     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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