Does coronary CT angiography improve risk stratification over coronary calcium scoring in symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease? Results from the prospective multicenter international CONFIRM registry

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-274

  Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^a,b   Qureshi, Waqas ^a   Lin, Fay Y ^c   Achenbach, Stephan ^d   Berman, Daniel S ^e   Budoff, Matthew J ^f   Callister, Tracy Q ^g   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^h   Cademartiri, Filippo ⁱ   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha ^j   Chow, Benjamin J W ^k   Cheng, Victor Y ^l   Delago, Augustin ^m   Gomez, Millie ^e   Hadamitzky, Martin ⁿ   Hausleiter, Joerg ⁿ   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^o   Leipsic, Jonathon ^p   Maffei, Erica ⁱ   Raff, Gilbert ^j   Shaw, Leslee J ^q   Villines, Todd C ^r   Cury, Ricardo C ^s   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^t   Plank, Fabian ^t   Kim, Yong Jin ^u   Dunning, Allison M ^c   Min, James K ^e   more..

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^h Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

ⁱ Giovanni XXIII Hospital   (Italy)

^j WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^l Oklahoma Heart Institute   (United States)

^m Capitol Cardiology Associates   (United States)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^q EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^u Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

more..

Author keywords

coronary artery calcium; coronary artery disease; coronary CT angiography; prognosis; symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATIC;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896725198     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet148     Document Type: Article

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