Diagnostic performance of resting CT myocardial perfusion in patients with possible acute coronary syndrome

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Branch, Kelley R ^a   Busey, Janet ^a   Mitsumori, Lee M ^a   Strote, Jared ^a   Caldwell, James H ^a   Busch, Joshua H ^a   Shuman, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac perfusion; CT angiography; Emergency department; Triple rule out

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CT MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WASHINGTON;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879310695     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8934     Document Type: Article

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