Assessment of Changes in Non-Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque Volume in the Left Main and Left Anterior Descending Coronary Arteries over Time by 64-Slice Computed Tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 579-584

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOPROMIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41949094895     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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