Evaluation of plaque characteristics in acute coronary syndromes: Non-invasive assessment with multi-slice computed tomography and invasive evaluation with intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2373-2381

  Pundziute, Gabija ^a,b   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   Jukema, J Wouter ^a   Decramer, Isabel ^c   Sarno, Giovanna ^c   Vanhoenacker, Piet K ^c   Boersma, Eric ^d   Reiber, Johan H C ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Wijns, William ^c   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Multi slice CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LOMERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 53249134554     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn356     Document Type: Article

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