Detection of attenuated plaque in stable angina with 64-multidetector computed tomography: A comparison with intravascular ultrasound

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1182-1189

  Jinzaki, Masahiro ^a   Okabe, Teruo ^a,d   Endo, Ayaka ^b   Kawamura, Akio ^b   Koga, Seiko ^a   Yamada, Minoru ^c   Fukuda, Keiichi ^b   Kuribayashi, Sachio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Cardiopulmonary Division   (Japan)

^c Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory in Research Park   (Japan)

^d International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attenuated plaque; Computed tomography; Coronary artery; Intravascular ultrasound; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATTENUATED PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, STABLE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84860187503     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1078     Document Type: Article

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