Coronary CT angiography: How should physicians use it wisely and when do physicians request it appropriately?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a   Aziz, Yang Faridah Abdul ^b   Ng, Kwan Hoong ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Coronary artery disease; Multislice CT; Radiation dose; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858299020     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.040     Document Type: Review

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