Prevalence of Noncalcified Coronary Plaques by 64-Slice Computed Tomography in Patients With an Intermediate Risk for Significant Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-318

  Hausleiter, Jörg ^a   Meyer, Tanja ^a   Hadamitzky, Martin ^a   Kastrati, Adnan ^a   Martinoff, Stefan ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745685674     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.064     Document Type: Article

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