Plaque quantification by coronary CT and intravascular ultrasound identifies a low CT density core as a marker of plaque instability in acute coronary syndromes

International Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-28

  Benedek, Theodora ^a   Jako, Beata ^b   Benedek, Imre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Medical Center Cardiomed   (Romania)

Author keywords

Vulnerable plaques

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84893539523     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.13-213     Document Type: Article

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