Current diagnostic modalities for vulnerable plaque detection

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 995-1001

  Schaar, Johannes A ^a   Mastik, Frits ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^a   den Uil, Cornelis A ^a   Gijsen, Frank J ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   van der Stehen, A F W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Angioscopy; IVUS; MRI; MSCT; Near infrared spectroscopy; OCT; Palpography; Raman spectroscopy; Thermography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PALPOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAPHY; THROMBUS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; THERMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34247863895     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161207780487511     Document Type: Review

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