Morphological characteristics of culprit coronary lesions according to clinical presentation: Insights from a multimodality imaging approach

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-21

  Hernando, Lorenzo ^a   Corros, Cecilia ^b   Gonzalo, Nieves ^b   Hernández Antolin, Rosana ^b   Bañuelos, Camino ^b   Jiménez Quevedo, Pilar ^b   Bernardo, Esther ^b   Fernández Ortiz, Antonio ^b   Escaned, Javier ^b   MacAya, Carlos ^b   Alfonso, Fernando ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intravascular ultrasound; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY LESION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, STABLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84872866552     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0043-3     Document Type: Article

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