Applications and limitations of cardiac computed tomography in the evaluation of coronary artery disease

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 606-612

  Farzaneh Far, Afshin ^a,b,c   Steigner, Michael ^d   Kwong, Raymond Y ^e  

^a Section of Cardiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Departments of Radiology   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; coronary artery disease; coronary artery imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885219267     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: 14735830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000027     Document Type: Review

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