Prediction rules for the detection of coronary artery plaques: Evidence from cardiac CT

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 483-490

  Saur, Stefan C ^a   Cattin, Philippe C ^a,b   Desbiolles, Lotus ^c   Fuchs, Thomas J ^a   Székely, Gábor ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery; Plaque; Prediction rules; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 68449091994     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181a8afc4     Document Type: Article

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