Cardiac CT for the assessment of chest pain: Imaging techniques and clinical results

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3675-3679

  Becker, Hans Christoph ^a   Johnson, Thorsten ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Computed tomography; Imaging technique

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL;

CARDIOVASCULAR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84865850805     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.05.038     Document Type: Article

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