Detecting obstructive coronary disease with CT angiography and noninvasive fractional flow reserve

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1269-1270

  Patel, Manesh R ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW RISK POPULATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84866531041     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2012.jama.11383     Document Type: Editorial

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