Atherosclerotic plaque burden in cocaine users with acute chest pain: Analysis by coronary computed tomography angiography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 443-448

  Ebersberger, Ullrich ^a,b   Sudarski, Sonja ^a,c   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a,d   Bamberg, Fabian ^d   Tricarico, Francesco ^a,e   Apfaltrer, Paul ^a,c   Blanke, Philipp ^a,f   Schindler, Andreas ^a,d   Makowski, Marcus R ^g   Headden, Gary F ^a   Leber, Alexander W ^h   Hoffmann, Ellen ^b   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a,i  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cocaine; Coronary artery disease; Coronary computed tomography angiography

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COCAINE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHEST PAIN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORONARY STENOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880404117     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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