Quantification of non-calcified coronary atherosclerotic plaques with dual-source computed tomography: Comparison with intravascular ultrasound

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 610-615

  Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Seltmann, Martin ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950591755     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.184226     Document Type: Article

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