Coronary CT angiography: Current status and continuing challenges

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1013, 2012, Pages 495-510

  Sun, Z ^a   Choo, G H ^b   Ng, Kwan Hoong ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sime Darby Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; STENTS;

EID: 84857312775     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/15296170     Document Type: Review

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