The percutaneous assessment of regional and acute coronary hot unstable plaques by thermographic evaluation (PARACHUTE) study: A prospective reproducibility and prognostic clinical study using thermography to predict future ischemic cardiac events

International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Verheye, Stefan ^a   Van Langenhove, Glenn ^a   Van Es, Gerrit Anne ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^c  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary imaging; Thermography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPICARDIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 4644245091     PISSN: 14628848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14628840410030397     Document Type: Article

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