Detection of Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Plaques by Multislice Spiral Computed Tomography in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome - Report of 2 Cases

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-266

  Sato, Yuichi ^a,b   Imazeki, Takako ^a   Inoue, Fumio ^a   Yoshimura, Akihiro ^a   Fukui, Takahiro ^a   Horie, Toshiyuki ^a   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Muromoto, Masafumi ^a   Yoda, Shunichi ^a   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Furuhashi, Satoru ^a   Takahashi, Motoichiro ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery; Multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT); Soft plaque

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IOMEPROL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MULTISLICE SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 12144291100     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.263     Document Type: Article

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