Effect of image quality on diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive fractional flow reserve: Results from the prospective multicenter international DISCOVER-FLOW study

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-199

  Min, James K ^a   Koo, Bon Kwon ^b   Erglis, Andrejs ^c   Doh, Joon Hyung ^d   Daniels, David V ^e   Jegere, Sanda ^c   Kim, Hyo Soo ^a   Dunning, Allison ^f   Defrance, Tony ^g   Leipsic, Jonathan ^h  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g CVCTA   (United States)

^h ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Coronary CT angiography; Fractional flow reserve

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862013161     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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