Update on clinical imaging of coronary plaque in acute coronary syndrome

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Koh, Angela S ^a   Chia, Stanley ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Myocardial infarction; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY PLAQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MACROPHAGE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBUS;

EID: 77950948798     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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