Rationale and design of the HeartFlowNXT (HeartFlow analysis of coronary blood flow using CT angiography: NeXt sTeps) study

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 279-288

  Gaur, Sara ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^b   Leipsic, Jonathon ^c   Mauri, Laura ^d   Bezerra, Hiram G ^e   Jensen, Jesper Møller ^a   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a   Lassen, Jens Flensted ^a   Nørgaard, Bjarne Linde ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Fractional flow reserve

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORE LABORATORY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; EUROPE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84888035317     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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