Non-invasive prediction of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenoses by contrast density difference in coronary CT angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1502-1508

  Hell, Michaela M ^a   Dey, Damini ^b   Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Schmid, Jasmin ^a   Schuhbaeck, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast density difference; Coronary artery stenosis; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Fractional flow reserve; Transluminal attenuation gradient

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; IOMEPROL; METOPROLOL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84937514244     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.04.024     Document Type: Article

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