Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9960188 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Visual assessment of coronary diameter stenosis severity by MR or MDCT allows identification of significant coronary artery disease with a similar high diagnostic accuracy. Quantitative analysis significantly further improves the diagnostic accuracy of MDCT but not that of MR.
Keywords
RCAMLDRVDMDCTCNRLCXQCAquantitative coronary angiographyMRIMagnetic resonance imagingdiameter stenosiscomputed tomographyMultidetector row computed tomographyleft main coronary arteryright coronary arteryleft circumflex coronary arteryminimal luminal diameterreference vessel diameterLADContrast-to-noise ratioleft anterior descending coronary artery
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Authors
Joëlle MD, Emmanuel MD, Gabin MD, Agnès MD, Cécile MD, Bernard E. MD, Jean-Louis (FACC), Bernhard L. MD,