CT vs SPECT: CT is the first-line test for the diagnosis and prognosis of stable coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 465-472

  Aljizeeri, Ahmed ^a   Cocker, Myra S ^a   Chow, Benjamin J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); SPECT; stable CAD

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM 82; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878017728     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9690-6     Document Type: Article

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