Quantitative computed tomographic coronary angiography: Does it predict functionally significant coronary stenoses?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-51

  Rossi, Alexia ^a   Papadopoulou, Stella Lida ^a   Pugliese, Francesca ^b   Russo, Brunella ^a   Dharampal, Anoeshka S ^a   Dedic, Admir ^a   Kitslaar, Pieter H ^c   Broersen, Alexander ^c   Meijboom, W Bob ^a   Van Geuns, Robert Jan ^a   Wragg, Andrew ^b   Ligthart, Jurgen ^a   Schultz, Carl ^a   Petersen, Steffen E ^b   Nieman, Koen ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary stenosis; CT coronary angiography; Fractional flow reserve

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CT CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CORONARY STENOSIS; CT CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84897018873     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.000277     Document Type: Article

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