Plaque vulnerability and related coronary event prediction by intravascular ultrasound with virtual histology: "It's a long way to tipperary"?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-210

  Sangiorgi, Giuseppe M ^a,c   Clementi, Fabrizio ^a   Cola, Clarissa ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giusseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

IVUS; Virtual histology; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CATHETER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MORPHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34547645844     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21134     Document Type: Article

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