Whole heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography for the detection of coronary artery stenosis and atherosclerotic coronary artery plaque in a patient with unstable angina

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-264

  Sato, Yuichi ^a   Komatsu, Sei ^b   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Tani, Shigemasa ^a   Kunimasa, Taeko ^a   Masubuchi, Mitsuyo ^a   Kunimoto, Satoshi ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Takahashi, Motoichiro ^a   Uchiyama, Takahisa ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery plaque; Unstable angina; Whole heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE;

EID: 33846346130     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.01.044     Document Type: Article

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