Lumen enhancement influences absolute noncalcific plaque density on multislice computed tomography coronary angiography: Ex-vivo validation and in-vivo demonstration

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 337-344

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,b   Runza, Giuseppe ^a,c   Palumbo, Alessandro ^b   Maffei, Erica ^b   Martini, Chiara ^b   McFadden, Eugene ^a   Somers, Pamela ^d   Knaapen, Michiel ^d   Verheye, Stefan ^e   Weustink, Annick C ^a   Mollet, Nico R ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Hamers, Ronald ^b   Bruining, Nico ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Department of Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^e MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Fibrous plaque; Multislice computed tomography; Plaque attenuation; Plaque characterization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; OLIVE OIL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATTENUATION; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950206639     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283312400     Document Type: Article

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