Arithmetic of vulnerable plaques for noninvasive imaging

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Narula, Jagat ^a   Garg, Pankaj ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^b   Motoyama, Sadako ^c   Virmani, Renu ^d   Strauss, H William ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Cardiovascular Pathology Institute   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CASPASE; FC RECEPTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HLA ANTIGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR A; SELECTIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DEATH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 47349088433     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1247     Document Type: Article

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