Computed tomography imaging of cardiac allograft vasculopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-231

  Ferencik, Maros ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy; Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84862738127     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.11.007     Document Type: Review

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