Characterizing Vulnerable Plaque Features with Intravascular Elastography

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2636-2641

  Schaar, Johannes A ^a   De Korte, Chris L ^b   Mastik, Frits ^a   Strijder, Chaylendra ^b,c   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^b,c   Boersma, Eric ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Catheters; Elasticity; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

COLLAGEN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MACROPHAGES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0344844424     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000097067.96619.1F     Document Type: Article

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