Electron-beam computed tomography

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O Rourke RA, Brundage BH, Froelicher VF et al. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Expert Consensus Document on electron-beam computed tomography for the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 36(1) 326-40. Review. [Pg.319]

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Becker CR, Schatzl M, Feist H, et al. (1998) Radiation dose for investigation of the chest and abdomen. Comparison of sequential, spiral and electron beam computed tomography. Radiologe 38 726-729... [Pg.49]

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Hacker M, Jakobs T et al. (2007) Sixty-four slice spiral CT angiography does not predict the functional relevance of coronary artery stenoses in patients with stable angina. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 34 4-10 He ZX, Hedrick TD et al. (2000) Severity of coronary artery calcification by electron beam computed tomography predicts silent myocardial ischemia. Circulation 101 244-251 Hoffmann MH, Shi H et al. (2005) Noninvasive coronary angiography with multislice computed tomography. JAMA 293 2471-2478... [Pg.294]

Raggi P, Callister TQ et al. (2000) Identification of patients at increased risk of first unheralded acute myocardial infarction by electron-beam computed tomography. Circulation 101 850-855... [Pg.295]

Fig. 3. Electron Beam Computed Tomography (EBCT) coronary diagram of a 68-year-old asymptomatic male with an ABI of 0.8 shows extensive calcium deposits totaling 1000, i.e., coronary calcium score 1000. Coronary angiography (luminography) was recommended. [Pg.209]

Electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) While this method has been shown to detect coronary calcium, it cannot identify vulnerable plaques. However, as a screening tool, it may be useful for identifying those patients needing an invasive procedure. ... [Pg.353]

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