CT coronary angiography in the investigation of chest pain - Beyond coronary artery atherosclerosis; A pictorial review

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 618-629

  Kanaganayagam, Gajen Sunthar ^a   Ngo, An Thanh ^a   Alsafi, Ali ^a   Kamanahalli, Raghavendra ^a   Sutaria, Nilesh ^a   Mittal, Tarun ^b   Ariff, Ben ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT cardiac review; Incidental CTCA findings; Non coronary chest pain

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHEST PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84908179463     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.035     Document Type: Review

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