Three-dimensional palpography of human coronary arteries: Ex vivo validation and in-patient evaluation

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Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-133

  Schaar, Johannes A ^a,b,c   De Korte, Chris L ^a,b   Mastik, Frits ^a   Van Damme, Luc C A ^a   Krams, Rob ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^c Exp Echo 2302 ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Catheters; Elasticity; Inflammation; Ultrasonic; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PALPOGRAM; PALPOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PALPATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 17744399502     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-005-2642-4     Document Type: Article

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