BACKGROUND Computed tomography (CT) is important in diagnosing and managing many
conditions, including coronary artery disease (CAD) and congenital heart disease. Current …

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is currently the reference standard for non-invasive
measurements of ventricular dimensions and ejection fraction, and may offer a …

Youden⣣s Index and the Weight of Evidence Revisited Page 1 © Schattauer 2015 Methods
Inf Med 6/2015 576 Dear Editor, In an earlier letter [1] I outlined an analysis leading to a …

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is now widely used in several fields of
cardiovascular disease assessment due to recent technical developments. CMR can give …

Objectives To prospectively compare induced DNA double-strand breaks by cardiac
computed tomography (CT) and conventional coronary angiography (CCA). Methods 56 …

Although cardiovascular magnetic resonance allows the non-invasive and radiation free
visualization of both the coronary arteries and veins, coronary vessel wall imaging is still …

Objective To systematically evaluate the reproducibility of primary data and, the
reproducibility and correctness of pooled sensitivity and specificity estimates reported in a …

Several statistical methods for meta‐analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies have been
discussed in the presence of a gold standard. However, in practice, the selected reference …

Objectives To compare the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) in the
assessment of global and regional left ventricular (LV) function with magnetic resonance …

Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is a robust non-invasive method to
assess coronary artery disease (CAD). Qualitative and quantitative assessment of …