128-Detector-Row Computed Tomography coronary angiography assessing differences in morphology and distribution of atherosclerotic plaques between patients with and without pre-test probability of significant coronary artery disease

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-130

  Lazoura, O ^a,c   Vlychou, M ^a   Vassiou, K ^a   Kelekis, A ^b   Kanavou, T ^a   Thriskos, P ^a   Fezoulidis, I V ^a  

^a University of Thessaly School of Medicine   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Multislice computed tomography; Plaque morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORIENTATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953835766     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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