Dual-source computed tomography angiography for diagnosis and assessment of coronary artery disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-90

  Salavati, Ali ^a,b   Radmanesh, Farid ^b   Heidari, Kazem ^b   Dwamena, Ben A ^c   Kelly, Aine M ^c   Cronin, Paul ^c  

^a ZENTRALKLINIK BAD BERKA   (Germany)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac gated imaging techniques; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHRONOTROPISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858618580     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.10.018     Document Type: Review

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