The composition and extent of coronary artery plaque detected by multislice computed tomographic angiography provides incremental prognostic value in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 621-631

  Miszalski Jamka, Tomasz ^a   Klimeczek, Piotr ^a   Banyś, Robert ^a   Krupiński, Maciej ^a   Nycz, Krzysztof ^a   Bury, Krzysztof ^a   Lada, Michał ^a   Pelberg, Robert ^b   Kereiakes, Dean ^b   Mazur, Wojciech ^b  

^a Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

^b The Carl & Edyth Lindner Center for Research & Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861481429     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9799-0     Document Type: Article

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