Intravascular modalities for detection of vulnerable plaque: Current status

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1333-1342

  MacNeill, Briain D ^a   Lowe, Harry C ^a   Takano, Masamichi ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^b   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Coronary imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOSCOPY; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0043235663     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000080948.08888.BF     Document Type: Short Survey

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