The prognostic significance of coronary CT angiography

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-16

  Woods, Kevin M ^a   Fischer, Collin ^a   Cheezum, Michael K ^a   Hulten, Edward A ^b   Nguyen, Binh ^a   Villines, Todd C ^a,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography angiography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium; Coronary revascularization; Death; Major adverse cardiovascular events; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS;

CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857634969     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-011-0226-x     Document Type: Article

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