Defining the magnitude of measurement variability in the virtual histology analysis of acute coronary syndrome plaques

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-174

  Murray, Scott W ^a,b   Stables, Rodney H ^a   Hart, George ^b   Palmer, Nicholas D ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Intravascular ultrasound; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND BASED VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84872484287     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes138     Document Type: Article

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