Differences in Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden and Composition According to Increasing Age on Computed Tomography Angiography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-208

  Choi, Tae Young ^a   Li, Dong ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^c   Zeb, Irfan ^b   Sourayanezhad, Souraya ^b   Gupta, Mohit ^b   Hacioglu, Yalcin ^b   Mao, Song S ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^b  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery plaque burden; Coronary artery plaque composition; Coronary calcium scores; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALCINOSIS; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873524238     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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