Evaluation of postmortem MDCT and MDCT-angiography for the investigation of sudden cardiac death related to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1807-1822

  Michaud, Katarzyna ^a   Grabherr, Silke ^a   Doenz, Francesco ^b   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary thrombosis; CT angiography; Ischemic heart disease; Postmortemradiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84870417812     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0012-x     Document Type: Article

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