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The utility of coronary computed tomography angiography in elderly patients

BACKGROUND: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is often avoided in elderly patients due to a presumption that a high proportion of patients will have heavily calcified plaque limiting an accurate assessment. We sought to assess the image quality, luminal stenosis and utility of CCTA in...

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Autores principales: Laggoune, Jordan, Nerlekar, Nitesh, Munnur, Kiran, Ko, Brian SH, Cameron, James D, Seneviratne, Sujith, Wong, Dennis TL
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6689518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31447889
http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2019.07.006