Assessment of left main coronary artery atherosclerotic burden using 64-slice CT coronary angiography: Correlation between dimensions and presence of plaques;Valutazione del carico aterosclerotico del tronco comune mediante angiografia coronarica con TC a 64 strati: Correlazione tra dimensioni e presenza di placche

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-369

  Cademartiri, F ^a,b,f   La Grutta, L ^b,c   Malago R ^b,d   Alberghina, F ^b,c   Palumbo, A ^a,b   Belgrano, M ^e   Maffei, E ^a   Aldrovandi, A ^a   Pugliese, F ^b   Runza, G ^c   Weustink, A ^b   Bob Meeijboom, W ^b   Mollet, N R ^b   Midiri, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

64 slice CT; Coronary artery disease; Left main coronary artery; Multidetector row computed tomography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649573651     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-008-0293-2     Document Type: Article

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