Differences in coronary plaque composition by noninvasive computed tomography angiography in individuals with and without obstructive coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-95

  Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^a,b,c   Cury, Ricardo C ^b,d   Jodocy, Daniel ^a   Friedrich, Guy J ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^e   Budoff, Matthew J ^f   Nasir, Khurram ^e,g  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CTA; Plaque composition; Significant CAD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952108129     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.07.058     Document Type: Article

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