Coronary artery calcium scoring to exclude flow-limiting coronary artery disease in symptomatic stable patients at low or intermediate risk

Radiology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-83

  Mouden, Mohamed ^a   Timmer, Jorik R ^a   Reiffers, Stoffer ^a   Oostdijk, Ad H J ^a   Knollema, Siert ^a   Ottervanger, Jan Paul ^a   Jager, Pieter L ^a  

^a Isala Klinieken ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOBUTAMINE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA CAMERA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884697520     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13122529     Document Type: Article

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