High-risk plaque detected on coronary CT angiography predicts acute coronary syndromes independent of significant stenosis in acute chest pain: Results from the ROMICAT-II trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 684-692

  Puchner, Stefan B ^a,b   Liu, Ting ^a,c   Mayrhofer, Thomas ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a   Lee, Hang ^a   Fleg, Jerome L ^d   Nagurney, John T ^a   Udelson, James E ^e   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute chest pain; acute coronary syndrome; coronary atherosclerotic plaque; coronary computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE PAIN; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905980325     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.039     Document Type: Article

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