Prediction of acute coronary syndrome by using multislice computed tomography: Can we predict the onset of acute coronary syndrome? (Pro)

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2013-2018

  Kawasaki, Tomohiro ^a   Koga, Nobuhiko ^a   Node, Koichi ^b  

^a Shin Koga Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multislice computed tomography; Unstable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 79960749251     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0570     Document Type: Article

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