Non-invasive measurement of coronary plaque from coronary CT angiography and its clinical implications

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1067-1077

  Dey, Damini ^a   Schuhbaeck, Annika ^b   Min, James K ^c   Berman, Daniel S ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; coronary CT angiography; coronary plaque; lipid lowering therapy; major adverse cardiovascular events; myocardial ischemia; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPICARDIUM; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MACHINE LEARNING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887811625     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2013.823707     Document Type: Review

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