The game changer?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1156-1158

  Hecht, Harvey S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; coronary CT angiography; fractional flow reserve; invasive coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY DEVICE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVASIVE PROCEDURE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; INVASIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 84896943920     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.12.014     Document Type: Editorial

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