Non-obstructive low attenuation coronary plaque predicts three-year acute coronary syndrome events in patients with hypertension: Multidetector computed tomographic study

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Nakanishi, Koki ^a   Fukuda, Shota ^b   Shimada, Kenei ^a   Ehara, Shoichi ^a   Inanami, Hitoshi ^c   Matsumoto, Kenji ^a   Taguchi, Haruyuki ^b   Muro, Takashi ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^d   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

^d Nishinomiya Watanabe Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84857454797     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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