Head-to-head comparison of prospectively triggered vs retrospectively gated coronary computed tomography angiography: Meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy, image quality, and radiation dose

American Heart Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Menke, Jan ^a   Unterberg Buchwald, Christina ^a   Staab, Wieland ^a   Sohns, Jan Martin ^a   Seif Amir Hosseini, Ali ^a   Schwarz, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVELY TRIGGERED CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVELY GATED CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872831662     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.10.026     Document Type: Review

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