Relationship between degree of remodeling and CT attenuation of plaque in coronary atherosclerotic lesions: An in-vivo analysis by multi-detector computed tomography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 457-464

  Schmid, Michael ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Jang, Ik Kyung ^b   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Sei, Komatsu ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Coronary atherosclerotic plaque; Multi detector computed tomography; Plaque attenuation; Remodeling; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARAMETER; PLAQUE EROSION; PLAQUE RUPTURE; POSITIVE REMODELING INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39449126196     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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