TAG - Is it it? Improving coronary computed tomography angiography with the isotemporal transluminal contrast attenuation gradient

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1280-1282

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

CCTA; FFR; TAG

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; STANDARD; TRANSLUMINAL CONTRAST ATTENUATION GRADIENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84877297713     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.027     Document Type: Editorial

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