Imaging of coronary atherosclerotic plaque;Darstellung und quantifizierung von atherosklerotischen plaques in den Koronargefäßen: Bildgebende verfahren und klinische relevanz

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 429-437

  Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   White, Richard D ^a   Nissen, Steven E ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque rupture; Tomographic imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0038479961     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0925-4     Document Type: Review

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