Aortic wall thickness assessed by multidetector computed tomography as a predictor of coronary atherosclerosis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Jeltsch, Martin ^a   Klass, Oliver ^a   Klein, Stefan ^a   Feuerlein, Sebastian ^a   Aschoff, Andrik J ^a   Brambs, Hans Jürgen ^a   Hoffmann, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta, arteriosclerosis; Aorta, computed tomography; Coronary stenosis; Coronary vessels, calcification; Coronary vessels, computed tomography; Coronary vessels, disease

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59149087967     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9373-6     Document Type: Article

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