Current status of vulnerable plaque detection

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-144

  Sharif, Faisal ^a   Murphy, Ross T ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

FFR; IVUS; OCT; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STENOSIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 74249113625     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22164     Document Type: Review

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