Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 153-158 , May 2009

Optimizing CAD diagnosis in China with CT angiography

  • Mindy M. Cheng, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Bin Lu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fuwai Hospital for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Sheng-Shou Hu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fuwai Hospital for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Claudio Marelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Mitchell K. Higashi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Wauwatosa, WI, USA
    • ,
  • Pankaj A. Patel, PharmD, MS

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Barrington, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Jiacheng Li, BM

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • David L. Veenstra, PharmD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address requests and correspondence to David L. Veenstra, PharmD, PhD, University of Washington, School of Pharmacy, Box 357630, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Received 30 July 2008 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: C. Marelli, M. Higashi, P. Patel, and J. Li are employees of GE Healthcare. M. Cheng and D. Veenstra have served as consultants for GE Healthcare. The primary investigator (D. Veenstra) had full control of study data, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00146-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.03.005

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 153-158 , May 2009

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