Clinical imaging of the vulnerable plaque in the coronary arteries: New intracoronary diagnostic methods

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-28

  Saia, Francesco ^a,b   Schaar, Johannes ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^a   Rodriguez, Gaston ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Mastik, Frits ^a   Marzocchi, Antonio ^b   Marrozzini, Cinzia ^b   Ortolani, Paolo ^b   Palmerini, Tullio ^b   Branzi, Angelo ^b   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Catheter; Elasticity; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANGIOSCOPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY;

ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; THERMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33744489058     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000199783.56642.39     Document Type: Review

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