Intravascular imaging of vulnerable coronary plaque: Current and future concepts

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Puri, Rishi ^a   Worthley, Matthew I ^a   Nicholls, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79952186259     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2010.210     Document Type: Review

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