Characterization of culprit lesions in acute coronary syndromes using coronary dual-source CT angiography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 437-444

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Angiography; Computed tomography; DSCT; Plaque

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955275406     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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