Low- vs. Standard-dose coronary artery calcium scanning

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 358-363

  Hecht, Harvey S ^a   De Siqueira, Maria Eduarda Menezes ^b   Cham, Matthew ^a   Yip, Rowena ^a   Narula, Jagat ^a   Henschke, Claudia ^a   Yankelevitz, David ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DASA Delboni R Dr Diogo de Faria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcium; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCANNING; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; BODY MASS; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84939199193     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu218     Document Type: Article

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