The culprit lesion score on multi-detector computed tomography can detect vulnerable coronary artery plaque

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Kim, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Kee Sik ^b   Seung, Myeung Joon ^b   Chung, Jin Wook ^b   Kim, Jeung Hyeun ^b   Mun, Sung Hee ^b   Lee, Young Soo ^b   Lee, Jin Bae ^b   Ryu, Jae Kean ^b   Choi, Ji Yong ^b   Chang, Sung Gug ^b  

^a Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Computed tomography; Coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650517454     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9712-2     Document Type: Article

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