Clinical applicability of coronary atherosclerotic lesion characterization

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-270

  Kaluski, E ^a   Waller, A ^a   Patel, A ^a   Gerula, C ^a   Maher, J ^a   Haider, B ^a   Klapholz, M ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Heart diseases; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ELASTOGRAPHY; INTRAVASCULAR SPECTROSCOPY; INTRAVASCULAR THERMOGRAPHY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PALPOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79960642657     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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