Effect of statin treatment on coronary plaque progression - A serial coronary CT angiography study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-204

  Zeb, Irfan ^a   Li, Dong ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^c,d,e,f   Malpeso, Jennifer ^b   Batool, Aisha ^a   Flores, Ferdinand ^b   Dailing, Christopher ^b   Karlsberg, Ronald P ^g   Budoff, Matthew ^b  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Baptist Health South Florida   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary CTA; Coronary plaque; Statins

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY DEVICE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATTENUATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUMETRY;

CAC; CAD; CALCIFIED PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CTA; CORONARY PLAQUE; CP; LAP; LOW ATTENUATION PLAQUE; MIXED PLAQUE; MP; NCP; NON-CALCIFIED PLAQUE; SCCT; SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATINS;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888106203     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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