Invasive imaging techniques for the assessment of vulnerable plaque

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 603-617

  Kukreja, N ^a   Garcia Garcia, H M ^a   Serruys, P W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease, diagnosis; Intravascular ultrasonography; Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33750686277     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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