Electron-Beam Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease | Zendy

Brahmajee K. Nallamothu | Zendy; Sanjay Saint | Zendy; Lawrence F. Bielak | Zendy; Seema S. Sonnad | Zendy; Patricia A. Peyser | Zendy; Melvyn Rubenfire | Zendy; A. Mark Fendrick | Zendy

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Electron-Beam Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease

Author(s) -

Brahmajee K. Nallamothu,

Sanjay Saint,

Lawrence F. Bielak,

Seema S. Sonnad,

Patricia A. Peyser,

Melvyn Rubenfire,

A. Mark Fendrick

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.161.6.833

Subject(s) - receiver operating characteristic , medicine , coronary artery disease , confidence interval , positive predicative value , nuclear medicine , radiology , cardiology , predictive value

Electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) is a new, noninvasive method of detecting coronary artery calcification that is being increasingly advocated as a diagnostic test for coronary artery disease (CAD). Before its clinical use is justified, however, the overall accuracy of EBCT must be better defined.

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