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Comparison of lumens of intermediate coronary stenosis using 16-slice computed tomography versus intravascular ultrasound.

Caussin C, Daoud B, Ghostine S, Perrier E, Habis M, Lancelin B, Angel CY, Paul JF

Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France. c.caussin@wanadoo.fr

We aimed to quantify ambiguous coronary stenosis using the minimal lumen area with 16-slice computed tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for significant lesion classification was 68%, 86%, and 78%, respectively. The correlation between intravascular ultrasound and CT minimal lumen area was r = 0.73 (p <0.001), and the 95% confidence interval for CT measurement was -72% to +56%.

Published 15 August 2005 in Am J Cardiol, 96(4): 524-8.
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