Accuracy and clinical outcomes of computed tomography coronary angiography in the presence of a high coronary calcium score

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 980-986

  Otton, James M ^a,b   Yu, Chung Yao ^a,b   McCrohon, Jane ^a,b   Sammel, Neville ^a   Feneley, Michael ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium score; Multidetector computed tomography; Sensitivity and specificity; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84889090428     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.647     Document Type: Article

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