Computed tomography assessment of the regression of an atherosclerotic coronary artery plaque

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1141-1143

  Sato, Yuichi ^a   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Inoue, Fumio ^a   Ichikawa, Makoto ^a   Yoda, Shunichi ^a   Tani, Shigemasa ^a   Anazawa, Takeo ^a   Takayama, Tadateru ^a   Koyama, Yasushi ^b   Uchiyama, Takahisa ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravascular ultrasound; Multislice spiral computed tomography; Plaque regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTISLICE SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REMISSION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STENOSIS;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 27744498761     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.1141     Document Type: Article

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