Stress CT perfusion: Coupling coronary anatomy with physiology

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 588-600

  Hulten, Edward A ^a   Bittencourt, Marcio Sommer ^a   Ghoshhajra, Brian ^b   Blankstein, Ron ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Coronary artery disease; Ischemia; Myocardial; Vasodilator stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; REGADENOSON; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; REVIEW; STRESS MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864050088     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9546-5     Document Type: Review

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