Diagnostic performance of transluminal attenuation gradient and fractional flow reserve by coronary computed tomographic angiography (FFRCT) compared to invasive FFR: a sub-group analysis from the DISCOVER-FLOW and DeFACTO studies

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1251-1259

  Nakanishi, Rine ^a   Matsumoto, Suguru ^a   Alani, Anas ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Kitslaar, Pieter H ^b   Broersen, Alexander ^b   Koo, Bon Kwon ^c   Min, James K ^d   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary computed tomographic angiography; Diagnostic accuracy; Fractional flow reserve; Transluminal attenuation gradient

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLUMINAL ATTENUATION GRADIENT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84933675103     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0666-2     Document Type: Article

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