Failure of CT coronary imaging to identify plaque erosion: A resetting of expectations

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2736-2738

  De Feijter, P J ^a   Nieman, K ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; EROSION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA, STABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 81855199786     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr201     Document Type: Review

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