Prognostic value of non-obstructive CT low-dense coronary artery plaques detected by multislice computed tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1898-1903

  Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Sato, Yuichi ^a   Yoda, Shunichi ^a   Nakano, Yoshimochi ^a   Kunimasa, Taeko ^a   Matsuo, Shinro ^b   Komatsu, Sei ^c   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; CT low dense plaque; Multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 37149037526     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1898     Document Type: Article

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