The vulnerable plaque: Can it be detected with Cardiac CT?

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 386-389

  Blankstein, Ron ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac CT; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955269134     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.06.014     Document Type: Note

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