Multislice CT coronary angiography for the detection of burden, morphology and distribution of atherosclerotic plaques in the left main bifurcation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-392

  Rodriguez Granillo, Gastón A ^a   Rosales, Miguel A ^a   Degrossi, Elina ^a   Durbano, Inés ^a   Rodriguez, Alfredo E ^a  

^a Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Multislice; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34248682427     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9144-1     Document Type: Article

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