Coronary plaque stabilization followed by Color Code Plaque™ analysis with 64-slice multidetector row computed tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 772-775

  Kunita, Eiji ^a   Fujii, Takashi ^a,b   Urabe, Youji ^a   Tsujiyama, Syuuji ^a   Maeda, Kouji ^a   Tasaki, Naohito ^a   Sekiguchi, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a Division of Dermatology   (Japan)

^b JA Hiroshima General Hospital at Jigozen   (Japan)

Author keywords

64 Slice multidetector row computed tomography; Plaque stabilization; Statins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; DILTIAZEM; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICORANDIL; PRAVASTATIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROPHYLAXIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649125202     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0333     Document Type: Article

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