Coronary artery plaque formation at coronary CT angiography: Morphological analysis and relationship to hemodynamics

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 837-844

  Enrico, Benedetta ^a,b   Suranyi, Pal ^a   Thilo, Christian ^a   Bonomo, Lorenzo ^b   Costello, Philip ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Hemodynamics; Multi detector row CT; Plaque characterization; Vessel wall

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62649138615     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1223-3     Document Type: Article

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