Assessment With Multi-Slice Computed Tomography and Gray-Scale and Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound of Gender-Specific Differences in Extent and Composition of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques in Relation to Age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-486

  Pundziute, Gabija ^a,b   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   van Velzen, Joella E ^a,c   Jukema, J Wouter ^a,c   van Werkhoven, Jacob M ^a,c   Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   van der Kley, Frank ^a   Kroft, Lucia J ^a   de Roos, Albert ^a   Boersma, Eric ^d   Reiber, Johan H C ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   van der Wall, Ernst E ^a,c   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 75349112225     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.054     Document Type: Article

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