Magnetic resonance evaluation of the associations of thoracic and abdominal aortic plaques with the presence and extent of coronary artery stenosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 855-861

  Ashida, Kazuhiro ^a   Momiyama, Yukihiko ^b   Fayad, Zahi A ^d   Tanaka, Nobukiyo ^a   Kato, Ryuichi ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Ohmori, Reiko ^a   Kihara, Teruyoshi ^c   Kameyama, Akira ^c   Nagata, Masayoshi ^c   Nakamura, Haruo ^a   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Iruma Heart Hospital   (Japan)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Coronary Artery Disease; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 36849060333     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10976640701693584     Document Type: Article

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