American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 8 , Pages 994-1001 , 15 October 2008

Comparison of Intravascular Ultrasound to Contrast-Enhanced 64-Slice Computed Tomography to Assess the Significance of Angiographically Ambiguous Coronary Narrowings

  • Teruo Okabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
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  • Wm. Guy Weigold, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Gary S. Mintz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Robert Roswell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Subodh Joshi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Sung Yun Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Bongryeol Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Daniel H. Steinberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Probal Roy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Tina L. Pinto Slottow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Kimberly Smith, BS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Rebecca Torguson, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Zhenyi Xue, MS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Lowell F. Satler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Kenneth M. Kent, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Augusto D. Pichard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Neil J. Weissman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Joseph Lindsay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Ron Waksman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 202-877-2812; fax: 202-877-2715

Received 19 March 2008 ,Revised 27 May 2008 ,Accepted 27 May 2008.

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PII: S0002-9149(08)01016-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.066

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 8 , Pages 994-1001 , 15 October 2008

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