CT of coronary heart disease: Part 1, CT of myocardial infarction, ischemia, and viability

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 531-547

  Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a,b   Henzler, Thomas ^a,c   Moscariello, Antonio ^a,d   Ruzsics, Balazs ^a   Bastarrika, Gorka ^a,e   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^b   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CT; Dual energy CT; Dual source CT; Hemodynamics; Ischemia; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial perfusion; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; REGADENOSON; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THORAX PAIN;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857805293     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7082     Document Type: Review

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