Assessment of atherosclerotic plaques at coronary bifurcations with multidetector computed tomography angiography and intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 635-642

  Papadopoulou, Stella Lida ^a   Brugaletta, Salvatore ^a   Garcia Garcia, Hector M ^a   Rossi, Alexia ^a   Girasis, Chrysafios ^a   Dharampal, Anoeshka S ^a   Neefjes, Lisan A ^a   Ligthart, Jurgen ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Computed tomography coronary angiography; High risk coronary plaques; IVUS virtual histology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84866244708     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes083     Document Type: Article

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