Histopathological correlates of the napkin-ring sign plaque in coronary CT angiography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-96

  Seifarth, Harald ^a,b   Schlett, Christopher L ^a   Nakano, Masataka ^c   Otsuka, Fumiyuki ^c   Károlyi, Mihály ^a   Liew, Gary ^a   Maurovich Horvat, Pál ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Virmani, Renu ^c   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Coronary CT angiography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DONOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NAPKIN RING SIGN; NECROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865383242     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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