Understanding the heart: CT and MRI for coronary heart disease

J Thorac Imaging. 2007 Feb;22(1):107-13. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3180317457.

Abstract

Methods of noninvasive evaluation of coronary artery disease-including multidetector row computed tomography, electron beam computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear studies (single photon emission computed tomography, positron emission tomography)-are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*