Obesity and the Challenges of Noninvasive Imaging for the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 223-226

  Lim, Siok P ^a   Arasaratnam, Punitha ^a   Chow, Benjamin J ^a,b   Beanlands, Rob S ^a,b   Hessian, Renée C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84924970767     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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