Diagnostic value of coronary CT angiography with prospective ECG-gating in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2109-2119

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a   Ng, Kwan Hoong ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Image quality; Prospective ecg gating; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84870499029     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-0006-0     Document Type: Review

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