Quantitative relationship between coronary artery calcium score and hyperemic myocardial blood flow as assessed by hybrid 15O-water PET/CT imaging in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-264

  Danad, Ibrahim ^a   Raijmakers, Pieter G ^a   Appelman, Yolande E ^a   Harms, Hendrik J ^a   De Haan, Stefan ^a   Marques, Koen M ^a   Van Kuijk, Cornelis ^a   Allaart, Cornelis P ^a   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a   Lammertsma, Adriaan A ^a   Lubberink, Mark ^a   Van Rossum, Albert C ^a   Knaapen, Paul ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Coronary risk factors; Hyperemic myocardial blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; WATER O 15;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPEREMIC MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 84863443532     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9476-7     Document Type: Article

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