Noncalcified plaque: Relationship between results of multislice computed tomography, risk factors, and late clinical outcome

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1116-1124

  Aggarwal, Niti R ^b   Knickelbine, Thomas ^a   Tande, Aaron ^c   Stoltzfus, Luke ^a   Lesser, John R ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac CT; cardiac imaging; coronary artery disease; CT angiography; noncalcified plaque; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; NONCALCIFIED PLAQUE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81855184489     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23138     Document Type: Article

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