Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis by Imaging

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Ibañez, Borja ^a   Badimon, Juan J ^a   Garcia, Mario J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Computed tomography; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57749093581     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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