Impact of Coronary Calcium Score on the Prevalence of Coronary Artery Stenosis on Dual Source CT Coronary Angiography in Caucasian Patients with an Intermediate Risk

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1316-1323

  Meyer, Mathias ^a,c   Henzler, Thomas ^a,c   Fink, Christian ^a,c   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^b   Barraza, J Michael ^b   Nance, John W ^b   Apfaltrer, Paul ^a,c   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a,c   Wasser, Klaus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium score; Coronary CT angiography; Invasive coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866953104     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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