The napkin-ring sign: CT Signature of high-risk coronary plaques?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 440-444

  Maurovich Horvat, Pl ^a,b   Hoffmann, Udo ^a,c   Vorpahl, Marc ^c   Nakano, Masataka ^c   Virmani, Renu ^c   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NAPKIN RING SIGN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FATALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY;

AUTOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954681734     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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