Accuracy of nonstenotic coronary atherosclerosis assessment by multi-detector computed tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 911-914

  Hara, Tetsuya ^a,b,c   Yamada, Shinichiro ^a   Hayashi, Takatoshi ^a   Ikeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamashiro, Kohei ^a   Mizutani, Kazuo ^a   Iwata, Sachiyo ^a   Okajima, Katsunori ^a   Tsukishiro, Yasue ^a   Matsumoto, Kensuke ^a   Akagami, Takafumi ^a   Kumagai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kinugasa, Mitsuo ^a   Inoue, Michihiko ^a   Murai, Naoki ^a   Izawa, Ichiro ^a   Kajiya, Teishi ^a  

^a Himeji Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary plaque; IVUS; MDCT; Proximal lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34249672357     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.911     Document Type: Article

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