Ultrafast computed tomography as a diagnostic modality in the detection of coronary artery disease: A multicenter study

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 898-904

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Georgiou, Demetrios ^a   Brody, Alan ^b   Agatston, Arthur S ^c   Kennedy, John ^a   Wolfkiel, Christopher ^d   Stanford, William ^d,e   Shields, Paul ^f   Lewis, Roger J ^a   Janowitz, Warren R ^c   Rich, Stuart ^h   Brundage, Bruce H ^a,g  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Mount Sinai Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

coronary disease; diagnosis; imaging; plaque; tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 9044240472     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.5.898     Document Type: Article

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