Atherosclerotic plaque characteristics by CT angiography identify coronary lesions that cause ischemia: A direct comparison to fractional flow reserve

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Park, Hyung Bok ^a,b,c   Heo, Ran ^a,b   Ó Hartaigh, Bríain ^a   Cho, Iksung ^a,b   Gransar, Heidi ^d   Nakazato, Ro ^e   Leipsic, Jonathon ^f   Mancini, G B John ^f   Koo, Bon Kwon ^g   Otake, Hiromasa ^h   Budoff, Matthew J ⁱ   Berman, Daniel S ^d   Erglis, Andrejs ^j   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^b   Min, James K ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^h KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

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Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Coronary plaque; Fractional flow reserve; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE CHARACTERISTIC; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LOW ATTENUATION PLAQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPOTTY CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR REMODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922559592     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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