Detection of high-risk atherosclerotic plaque: Report of the NHLBI Working Group on current status and future directions

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 941-955

  Fleg, Jerome L ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^b   Fayad, Zahi A ^c   Granada, Juan F ^b   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^d   Kolodgie, Frank D ^e   Ohayon, Jacques ^f   Pettigrew, Roderic ^f   Sabatine, Marc S ^g   Tearney, Guillermo J ^h   Waxman, Sergio ⁱ   Domanski, Michael J ^c   Srinivas, Pothur R ^a   Narula, Jagat ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Cardiovascular Pathology Institute   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular event; high risk plaque; imaging; prognosis; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBOLISM; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84866320125     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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