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Can 32-detector-row CT exclude significant stenoses in coronary artery disease patients with high calcium scores?

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boxed-textCordeiro MA et al. (2006) Non-invasive half millimetre 32 detector row computed tomography angiography accurately excludes significant stenoses in patients with advanced coronary artery disease and high calcium scores. Heart 92: 589–597

MDCT angiography can be used effectively in noninvasive aftercare of patients with known advanced coronary disease

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    Jean-Christophe Cornily & Zahi A Fayad

  2. Department of Radiology and the Zena and Michael A Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of the Imaging Science Laboratories,

    Jean-Christophe Cornily & Zahi A Fayad

  3. Center for Cardiovascular Health, at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Jean-Christophe Cornily & Zahi A Fayad

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Cornily, JC., Fayad, Z. Can 32-detector-row CT exclude significant stenoses in coronary artery disease patients with high calcium scores?. Nat Rev Cardiol 3, 534–535 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0674

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