Coronary plaque composition as assessed by greyscale intravascular ultrasound and radiofrequency spectral data analysis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 811-818

  Gonzalo, Nieves ^a   Garcí García, Héctor M ^a   Ligthart, Jurgen ^a   Rodriguez Granillo, Gastón ^b   Meliga, Emanuele ^a   Onuma, Yoshinobu ^a   Schuurbiers, Johan C H ^a   Bruining, Nico ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; IVUS; Plaque type; RFD analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 55249089715     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9324-2     Document Type: Article

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