Parameters for coronary plaque vulnerability assessed with multidetector computed tomography and intracoronary ultrasound correlation

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 821-826

  Pugliese, Francesca ^a,b   Meijboom, Willem B ^a   Ligthart, Jurgen ^a   La Grutta, Ludovico ^a   Vourvouri, Eleni C ^a   Rodriguez Granillo, Gaston ^a   Mollet, Nico R ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque remodeling; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACORONARY ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID COMPOSITION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 70349832885     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832e8ce5     Document Type: Review

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