✦ LIBER ✦
Combined anatomical and functional diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected coronary artery disease using cardiac computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
✍ Scribed by Jan GJ Groothuis; Aernout M Beek; Stijn L Brinckman; Martijn R Meijerink; Mijntje LP van den Oever; Mark BM Hofman; Cornelis van Kuijk; Albert C van Rossum
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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✦ Synopsis
alternative diagnosis in 18 patients (myocarditis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy).
Conclusions
The combined use of CT and CMR significantly improved the specificity and overall diagnostic accuracy for detection of hemodynamically significant CAD, and allowed the detection of alternative diagnoses.