Assessment of non-calcified coronary plaques using 64-slice computed tomography: Comparison with intravascular ultrasound

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Kim, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Kee Sik ^a   Lee, Young Soo ^a   Lee, Jin Bae ^a   Ryu, Jae Kean ^a   Choi, Ji Yong ^a   Chang, Sung Gug ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteries; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TACHYCARDIA; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 63649155741     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2009.39.3.95     Document Type: Article

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