Ex vivo evaluation of coronary atherosclerotic plaques: Characterization with dual-source CT in comparison with histopathology

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 301-308

  Leschka, Sebastian ^a,b   Seitun, Sara ^a,c   Dettmer, Matthias ^a,d   Baumüller, Stephan ^a   Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Goetti, Robert ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^a   Wunnicke, Kathrin ^b   Wildermuth, Simon ^b   Oehlschlegel, Christian ^d   Marincek, Borut ^a   Jochum, Wolfram ^d   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Diagnostic Radiology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Institute of Pathology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary artery; Histology; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957818094     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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