Age- and sex-related differences in coronary plaque high-risk features in patients with acute coronary syndrome assessed by computed tomography angiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 744-747

  Kitagawa, Toshiro ^a   Yamamoto, Hideya ^a   Urabe, Yoji ^a   Tsushima, Hiroshi ^a   Utsunomiya, Hiroto ^a   Tatsugami, Fuminari ^b   Awai, Kazuo ^b   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Age and sex; Computed tomography angiography; Coronary plaque

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84903303482     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.089     Document Type: Article

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