Beyond Coronary Stenosis: Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for the Assessment of Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-101

  Kwan, Alan C ^a   Cater, George ^b   Vargas, Jose ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcium; Coronary computed tomographic angiography; CT; Non calcified; Plaque; Reconstruction; Spotty calcification; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84874808352     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-012-9183-z     Document Type: Review

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