Coronary computed tomographic angiography as a gatekeeper to invasive diagnostic and surgical procedures: Results from the multicenter confirm (coronary ct angiography evaluation for clinical outcomes: An international multicenter) registry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2103-2114

  Shaw, Leslee J ^a   Hausleiter, Jörg ^b   Achenbach, Stephan ^c   Al Mallah, Mouaz ^d   Berman, Daniel S ^e   Budoff, Matthew J ^f   Cademartiri, Fillippo ^g,h   Callister, Tracy Q ⁱ   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^j   Kim, Yong Jin ^j   Cheng, Victor Y ^e   Chow, Benjamin J W ^k   Cury, Ricardo C ^l   Delago, Augustin J ^m   Dunning, Allison L ⁿ   Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^o   Hadamitzky, Martin ^b   Karlsberg, Ronald P ^e   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^p   Leipsic, Jonathon ^q   Lin, Fay Y ⁿ   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha M ^r   Maffei, Erica ^g   Raff, Gilbert L ^r   Villines, Todd C ^s   Labounty, Troy ^e   Gomez, Millie J ^e   Min, James K ^e   more..

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Giovanni XXIII Hospital   (Italy)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^j Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^l BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^m Capitol Cardiology Associates   (United States)

ⁿ NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^r WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

coronary computed tomography; health services research; prognosis; resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVASIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868556650     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.062     Document Type: Article

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