Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy after Heart Transplantation : Electrocardiographically Gated Cardiac CT Angiography for Assessment

Radiology

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 374-381

  Mittal, Tarun K ^a,c,d   Panicker, Mathen G ^b   Mitchell, Andrew G ^b   Banner, Nicholas R ^b,c,d  

^a 1 Department of Imaging   (United Kingdom)

^b Heart Failure Care Group   (United Kingdom)

^c HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REHYDRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880648036     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13121440     Document Type: Article

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