Presence of plaques predicts worse outcomes in multi-detector computed tomography in patients with stable chest pain syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 570-572

  Kim, Juyong Brian ^a   Rogers, Ian S ^a   Kwon, Sung Uk ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angina; Cardiac computed tomography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899529343     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.118     Document Type: Article

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