Computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with acute myocardial infarction without significant coronary stenosis

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3000-3007

  Aldrovandi, Annachiara ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,b,c   Arduini, Daniele ^a   Lina, Daniela ^a   Ugo, Fabrizio ^a   Maffei, Erica ^a,b,c   Menozzi, Alberto ^a   Martini, Chiara ^a,b,c   Palumbo, Alessandro ^a   Bontardelli, Federico ^a   Gherli, Tiziano ^a   Ruffini, Livia ^a   Ardissino, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Giovanni XXIII Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; magnetic resonance imaging; multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

GADOBENIC ACID;

64 SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCT RELATED ARTERY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84871285160     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.117598     Document Type: Article

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